Launched in 2022, the ADIAF Emergence Grants is a support programme aimed at emerging artists and art critics living and working in France to help them with their international professional development. This art scholarship is organised by the Association for the International Development of French Art (ADIAF) in partnership with Catawiki (annual grants will be awarded on a individual financial basis of €1,500).

A new feature of the second edition currently being launched : the Emergence Grants are open to students from two art schools : the Villa Arson in Nice and the Ecole des Beaux-Arts de Nantes-Saint-Nazaire, whose students or young graduates will be included by their teaching staff in the selection of grant holders.

• A Grant awarded to an “Art Critic and/or Curator (under 40 years old)”, whether individual or collective, of €1,500, selected by the ADIAF Emergence and Catawiki prior to the process ;
• Two grants for “Artists (under 40)”, whether individual or collective, of €1,500 each, awarded by a Jury ;
• Two grants “Art Schools”, wether individual or collective, of €1,500 each, awarded by a Jury on the basis of two pre-selections communicated respectively by the Ecole des Beaux-Arts de Nantes – Saint Nazaire and the Villa Arson Nice.

This Grant is awarded by a  Jury composed of two members from ADIAF, two members from Catawiki, and one or two prominent figure(s) from the French or foreign contemporary art scene, renowned for their independence and competence. The jury shall gather in the presence of the art critic/curator co-opted by ADIAF and Catawiki. The co-opted art critic/curator will attend as an observer.

Participants :

“Artist” applicants must meet the following criteria :

• Be under 40 years old on the date of submission of the application
• Have a connection with the French art scene : birthplace, study, residence or work location
• The applicant has never received a grant from this programme before
• “Artists’ collectives” are equally eligible as individual “Artists”

Candidates for the “Art School” grant are pre-selected by the art schools’ teaching staff and must meet the following criteria :

• Be a graduate or recent graduate of less than 3 years
• The applicant has never received a grant from this programme before
• “Artists’ collectives” are equally eligible as individual “Artists”

The “Critic / Curator” will be chosen by ADIAF Emergence and Catawiki together. They must meet the following criteria:

• Be under 40 years old at the time of his or her selection
• Have a connection with the French art scene : birthplace, study, residence or work location
• The applicant has never received a grant from this programme before
• Collectives of “Art Critics and/or Curators” are equally eligible as individual “Art Critics and/or Curators”

The organisers will work to promote a diversity of backgrounds, artistic universes, curator’s and critic’s practices and writing styles, as well as foster the renewal of representations within the associations of “Art Critics and/or Curators”

2024 Edition: Key dates 

The third 2024 edition will take place in 4 stages:

• Thursday December 14^th, 2023: Opening of “Artists – Open call” applications
• End of Feb. / Early March, 2024: Announcement of the “Art critic / Exhibition curator” Laureate
• Tuesday April 30^th, 2024, evening: Closing of “Artists – Open call” applications
• Mid of May 2024: Jury meeting and announcement of the “Artists – Open call” and “Artists – Art schools” Laureates, directly to the Laureates and on the platforms of both partners.

Selection procedures « Artists – Open call » 

The « Artists – Open call » application files must be sent, in French and/or English, before April 30^th, 2024 evening, from the from the application submission link http://bit.ly/emergence2024

The application file must include

• A CV ;
• A portfolio ;
• A statement confirming reading and acceptance of the present Rules ;
• A statement confirming reading and acceptance of the ADIAF Code of Ethics (accessible online at https://www.adiaf.com/code-deontologique/ or https://www.adiaf.com/en/code-of-ethics/ ).

Emergence Grants 2024 Endowment

Endowment of the “Artists – Open call” and “Artists – Art schools” Emergence Grants  

The “Artists – Open call” and “Artists – Art schools” Grant Laureates

• Are mentioned on the ADIAF website and social networks, in a newsletter and within the editorial part of the Catawiki site;
• Each receives a grant of €1,500.

The Emergence Grant is awarded without any compensation requested from the artist (production and/or exhibition, etc.).

ADIAF is committed to following, over the long term, and in a privileged manner the artists Laureates.

Endowment of the “Art critic/Exhibition curator” Emergence Grant

The Laureate

• Is mentioned on the ADIAF website and social networks, in a newsletter and within the editorial part of the Catawiki site
• Receives a grant of €1,500.

The 2024 Art critic/Exhibition curator Laureate participates in the Jury session in May 2024, as an observer (non-voting) member. Excluding this participation, the Emergence Grant is awarded without any compensation requested from the Art critic / Exhibition curator (text and/or exhibition, etc.).

ADIAF is committed to following, over the long term, and in a privileged manner, the Art critic/Exhibition curator Laureate.

Terms & Conditions to download HERE

2024

• Giulia Andreani, born in 1985 in Venice, lives and works in Paris (FR). She graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts in Venice (IT) in 2008 and in History of Contemporary Art, La Sorbonne, Paris (FR) in 2010. In 2018 she was a resident at Villa Medici, the French Academy in Rome and shortlisted in 2022 for the Marcel Duchamp Prize. Her most recent solo exhibitions include: Collezione Maramotti, Reggio Emilia (2023-2024), Galerie Max Hetzler, Berlin (2022); Galerie Max Hetzler, London; Musée des Beaux-Arts de Dole; Labanque, Béthune (2019); Villa Médicis, Rome (2018). Her work has been shown in numerous group exhibitions in international institutions, including: Fondation Carmignac, Ile de Porquerolles, Hyères; Palazzo Grassi, Venice; Le Consortium, Dijon; FRAC – Grand Large, Hauts-de-France (2023); Centre Pompidou, Paris; 16th Lyon Biennial, Lyon ; Museum Dhondt-Dhaenens, Sint-Martens-Latem (2022); Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo, Turin (2021); Musée d’art contemporain, Lyon; Passerelle Centre d’art contemporain, Brest (2020); MASP, São Paulo (2019).
• Cyrille Coiffet is Global Director of Art and Antiques at CATAWIKI, which he joined in 2015 as Managing Director France. Cyrille has 20 years’ experience in major digital companies, particularly in marketplaces. He is passionate about art and has a particular fondness for American Abstract Expressionism and contemporary Chinese photography.
• Jean-Baptiste Costa de Beauregard has been Chief Operating Officer of Beaux Arts & Cie (FR) since 2021, in charge of the media division (Beaux Arts Magazine, BeauxArts.com, Le Quotidien de l’Art, Beaux Arts Editions, Grande Galerie – the Journal du Louvre – and Geste/s). He is also investment director of ArtNova, the fund dedicated to cultural and creative industries which owns Beaux Arts & Cie. He has been collecting works by established and emerging artists for some fifteen years.
• Ronan Grossiat (oberser member) is a management consultant and collector. He is General Secretary of the ADIAF. Ronan is committed to supporting the diversity of the French art scene and its visibility abroad, outside the logic of the market and speculation, particularly through the production of artistic projects during exhibitions in institutions, residencies, or biennials. He has helped to launch several cultural philanthropic structures. He has systematically encouraged innovative ethical guidelines, based on three principles: “Ethics of relationship” (celebration of diversity and rejection of all practices of domination), financial Transparency, and protection of the independence of artistic lines. Ronan has taken part in selection committees, juries and public acquisition processes dedicated to emerging contemporary art. He was behind the creation of ADIAF Emergence in 2018 and co-founded the Edouard Glissant Art Fund in 2022.
• Pierre-Antoine Irasque (2024 Laureate, art critic, observer member) Born in 1990 in Bordeaux. Lives and works in Bordeaux/Paris. Independent researcher and curator, committed to the convergence of ecological, feminist, decolonial and queer battles. After South Korea, he undertooks research in philosophy of art at Bordeaux Montaigne University. Sensitive to the conditions that make ‘art’, he strives to experiment and transmit within a critical and collective vision to bring ‘relation’ to the forefront. For 10 years, he co-directed Espace 29 (33) an alternative art space offering studios to artists from the region, and developed an aesthetic platform between activist circles, universities, and cultural institutions. Traveling during art residencies (Martinique, Taiwan, Vietnam), it was in La Réunion in 2023 that he initiated the collective « Paroles, encore des paroles » to support the liberation of women’s voices against sexual violence in the art world. This commitment is supported locally by associations, institutions, artists and victims. *Fluid FAG, descendant of decolonization from Vietnam/Morocco and rooted in the Basque country.
• Tatiana Ruiz, representative CATAWIKI, works as an expert in modern and contemporary art for two decades in prestigious auction houses and galleries. She is fully involved in the research, coaching and management of young international contemporary artists – painters, sculptors, and photographers – to support them in their development, enhancement, and promotion.
• Lucie Tréguier, ADIAF Member, is a lawyer at the Paris Bar (Barreau de Paris) and a partner in the law firm Aœdé, dedicated to the art market and creative industries. She co-founded and chairs the association ‘Le Barreau des Arts’, which has been providing pro bono copyright legal advice to insecure artists since 2018.  Passionate about the arts, Lucie developed a practical knowledge of the sector at a very early age, thanks to her art history studies at Sorbonne Paris IV (FR), which she took alongside her law studies at Panthéon Assas (FR). She began her career in Sydney (AU), in 2015, with a leading law firm. Since returning to Paris in 2018, she has devoted her practice to intellectual property and the art market for players in the culture, art and fashion sectors. She regularly speaks at conferences and runs workshops and training courses for various cultural and artistic players (Beaux-Arts de Paris, Artagon and Poush residences, IESA, SPEOS, Incubateur 104, 40mcube, IFA, etc.).
• Duan Zhang de Courrèges, ADIAF member, was born in Chengdu (CN). He received an artistic education from an early age. Joining his adopted family in France, he pursued multidisciplinary studies in art, design and fashion. Equipped with a solid historical and theoretical knowledge, he also has a keen aesthetic eye. Having grown up in an art-loving family environment, as a young collector he developed a cross-disciplinary and eclectic taste for various categories of art and different periods. Duan has forged an ability to create bridges between art and fashion. He has specialised in advising fashion houses, particularly in the context of their links with the fields of art and design. After four years at Saint Laurent, he joined Jacquemus in 2022, where he contributed to the young designer’s success by taking the reins of his Art Curation projects.

2023

• Anne Bourrassé, 2023 Grant winner of the “art critic/exhibition curator” college (observer member)
• Antoine d’Agata, Artist, Photographer
• Cyrille Coiffet, Vice President & Managing Director for Arts and Antiques, CATAWIKI representative
• Marine Vazzoler, Journalist – Quotidien de l’Art, Media Expert
• Ouissem Barbouchi, Member, ADIAF representative
• Ronan Grossiat, General Secretary, ADIAF representative
• Tatiana Ruiz, Senior Contemporary Art Expert, CATAWIKI representative

2022

• Chris Cyrille, 2022 Grant winner of the “art critic/exhibition curator” college (observer member)
• Cyrille Coiffet, Vice President & General Manager for Arts and Antiques, CATAWIKI representative
• Ingrid Luquet-Gad, Journalist and art critic (expert)
• Nicolas Laugero-Lasserre, Board member, ADIAF representative
• Ronan Grossiat, General Secretary, ADIAF representative
• Tatiana Ruiz, Senior Expert in Contemporary Art and Curator, CATAWIKI representative