Deadline: 17/11/2026
Website: https://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/national-gallery-x/connected-canvas
The National Gallery invites UK-based emerging creatives to develop a digital work for the Connected Canvas, a group of linked large-scale digital screens in the Sainsbury Wing entrance. The opportunity is open to individuals and multidisciplinary teams within the first five years of professional practice. Applicants are invited to explore how digital experiences can bring the human stories behind paintings to life and inspire new connections with the Gallery’s painting collection. Up to ten shortlisted applicants will receive £500 per application to develop their proposals and take part in an IdeasLab workshop day. Up to five will then be invited to pitch. One individual or team will then be selected for the £15,000 commission. The completed work will transform the Connected Canvas through timed takeovers across six Friday evenings from April to early June 2027.