Goethe-Institut

This residency (19 January to 7 February 2026) is a platform for international exchange, peer learning, and collaborative growth for Female identifying photographers from Bulgaria, Germany, Hungary and Tamil Nadu (India). The residency takes place in Sofia, Bulgaria, Budapest (Hungary), or Chennai (India).

This Call for Proposals seeks to select more than 16 heritage organisations to lead ‘Narrative Clusters’, collaborating with interdisciplinary groups of artists/creatives to develop innovative stories that increase the visibility and contemporary relevance of their heritage.

The residency programmes of the City of Munich and Lothringer 13 Halle, in cooperation with the Goethe-Institut, are offering three research and working residencies for professional artists from various artistic disciplines from 8 January to 26 March 2026.

The Team Leader will be responsible for the overall management of the Cultural Relations Platform and for ensuring the effective coordination and implementation of all project activities.

The Goethe-Institut Project Space (GPS) programme grants seed funding to three artistic projects that are realised in rural and peri-urban parts of South Africa, Lesotho and Eswatini between February and November 2026.

Akademie Schloss Solitude, together with the National Art Gallery of Namibia and the Goethe-Institut Namibia, has announced the continuation of its bilateral residency programme, which promotes long-term cultural exchange between Namibia and Baden-Württemberg, Germany.

Goethe-Institut invites Southeast Asian and Southeast Asian diaspora artists, curators, and cultural practitioners based in Germany or Southeast Asia to apply with their contribution for the mini festival ‘Dealing in Distance’.

Goethe-Institut is calling for applications from artists, thinkers, researchers, and cultural professionals based in Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, and Timor-Leste for the REFLEKT Residency, from 31 August to 29 November 2025 at SAVVY Contemporary (Berlin, Germany).

The Institut français de Turquie and the Goethe-Institut Türkei are launching, in collaboration with their local and Mediterranean partners, the artistic residency programme Deniz Villaları: Ecological Crossings.

Mishkal Project invites applications for production grants to participate in the inaugural edition of Ramallah Design Week 2026. The implementation period is from May 2025 to June 2026 and the programme includes mentorship opportunities with international experts.