Introducing The First Annual Curatorial Competition
Promoting the Practice of Digital Curation
The 2020 Global Art Access Corporation Curatorial Competition.
Museums around the world have digitized their collections and worked to facilitate open access images of public domain works of art.
The Annual Global Art Access Corporation Curatorial Competition is dedicated to promoting the value of open access images while progressing the practice of curating digital exhibitions.
A digital exhibition is a collection of images accompanied by text which provides context for and connection between the collection.
Submission Requirements
Please submit a Google slide deck containing the following:
Exhibition Title
Opening Exhibition Text
High-Res Digitized Artwork
Object Labels and Accompanying Text
Proper Attribution of Each Work According to the Institution’s Wishes and Legal Precedent
Proper Citation of Any Information Included
Hyperlinks to the Museum Website’s Asset Page for all Included Works
All exhibitions must be submitted by October 1st.
Right to Use
Which artworks will be accepted in exhibitions submitted to the curatorial competition?
Creative Commons Zero: CC0 is a public domain dedication tool that, when applied to a work or creative content, permanently relinquishes all copyright and related rights that an owner may have in a work. CC0 works may be used free-of-charge for both commercial and non-commercial purposes without prior consent or permission, including copying, modification, distribution or performance.
Reproductions of Public Domain Works: In the United States, reproduction photographs of paintings and two-dimensional art are not protected by copyright. If the art is in the public domain, then a photograph of the art can be used freely.