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Muelle de Albareda s/n Jardines de Pereda
39004 Santander Cantabria
Spain
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Fundación Botín is pleased to announce the 32nd edition of the Art Grants, offering six scholarships for artists of any nationality. This scheme has an expected duration of nine months and an endowment of 23,000 euros for each selected project

The Art Grants support artists’ studies, research and production. In addition, the programme includes the public premiere of the works developed over the grant period in a collective exhibition at Centro Botín, Itinerarios, which this year celebrates its 30th edition. At the end of the grant period, Fundación Botín continues its commitment to the artists by closely following their career and, where appropriate, by acquiring works for the Collection or inviting to present their work in the exhibition series Enredos.

Artists interested should make an initial application using the registration form available on the websites of Fundación Botín and Centro Botín, and submit the required documentation on paper by May 9. Every application received is evaluated by a specially convened external jury composed by artists, curators and other art professionals, which rotates for each edition. From July, the jury´s final decision will be made public on Centro Botín and Fundación Botín websites.

Since the Art Grants were launched in 1993 more than 200 artists have benefitted through its dynamic stimulus to contemporary art, supporting practitioners seeking to develop research projects in the visual arts. A large number of the Fundación Botín grant recipients have established themselves on the international art scene and are regularly present at significant arts events. In 2024, Sandra Gamarra represented Spain at the 60th Venice Biennale; Pedro G. Romero was awarded with the prestigious Premio Nacional de Artes Plásticas; Cabello / Carceller, David Bestué and Sandra Gamarra where finalists of the first edition of the MACBA Fundación Award; June Crespo had a solo exhibition at Guggenheim Bilbao; Teresa Solar presented a new sculpture at The Highline, New York and Leonor Atunes had a solo presentation in the recently inaugurated Centro de Arte Moderna, Gulbenkian, Lisboa.

Itinerarios XXX
November 15, 2025–April 2026

In 2025, Centro Botín presents the 30th edition of Itinerarios, showcasing the new projects of the artists selected in the open call for the 2023 Art Grants. As in previous years, the jury responsible for the selection was comprised of two curators, on this occasion Irene Iristizabal and Filipa Ramos, together with two artists who have benefited from the grant in previous years, Juan Lopez and Jorge Satorre. A series of activities will take place over 2025 to strengthen the artists networks and celebrate their practices.

The thirtieth edition of Itinerarios present the works of Gelen Jeleton (Murcia 1975), Javier Bravo de Rueda (Callao, Perú, 1989), Noa & Lara Castro Lema (A Coruña, 1998), Diego Delas (Aranda de Duero, Burgos, 1983), Nader Koochaki (San Sebastián, 1983) and Eduardo Navarro (Buenos Aires, Argentina, 1979).