art prize 2027

Our deep love for art, combined with the desire to support and promote the advancement of artistic creativity, led to the establishment of the annual G. & A. Mamidakis Foundation Art Prize in 2019, a culmination of the Foundation’s thirty-year long effort to strengthen and promote leadership and innovation in the visual arts. 

The Art Prize supports contemporary artists by offering them the opportunity to create a new, site-specific artwork which will remain on permanent display in Agios Nikolaos, Crete, will become part of the Foundation’s art collection, and will join an important cultural heritage as well.

The Art Prize 2027 invites artists from around the world to submit proposals for a large-scale sculptural installation designed for permanent display in an outdoor setting, serving as a distinctive landmark within the space. The winning proposal will stand out for its originality, site-specificity, creative vision as well as its long-term sustainability.