The VÚB Foundation awards the winners of the 15th edition of the painting competition

The hard-tested field of art receives support from the VÚB Foundation.

The change in the traditional event of the declaration of winners associated with the opening of the painting competition Maľba

We know the names of the 20 finalists of the Maľba 2020 competition

The international jury of the competition Maľba 2020 selected out of 115 participants the 20 best works of art by young Slovak painters.

Online auction especially for Painting competition finalists

The VÚB Foundation feels the need to give a helping hand to artists and their work, who have been negatively impacted by the current situation – with exhibitions, galleries and auction houses closed.

15th annual Painting competition

The event’s 15 years, it has become one of the most popular platforms to showcase and promote professional painters in Slovakia.

Slovakia’s Best Young Painters Announced

Lucia Oleňová, Eva Hettmer and Jana Zatvarnická are the names of three young female artists whose artworks were evaluated as the best among the creations of the emerging generation of painters.

These 20 Painters Are Going to the Finals of 2019 Painting Competition

The perseverance of young artists taking part in the Painting Competition year after year pays off. This is evidenced by the 14th edition of the already well-established VUB Foundation initiative.

We Are Opening the 14th Annual Painting Competition

We are opening a new edition of the Painting - VUB Foundation Painting Award for Young Artists. Through this competition we have been promoting and supporting talents from among the emerging new generation of professional artists already for 14 years. If you are young artists dedicated to the fine art medium of painting, you can enrol your works through the online form from 1 April to 15 June 2019.

The names of the best painters of the year are known

Jarmila Sabová Džuppová, Peter Cvik and Samuel Paučo became the best young painters of the year 2018. They were selected by an international jury, which evaluated the works of 128 painters entered in the 13th annual Maľba Competition. You can come to have a close look at the works of the finalists, exhibited at the Gallery Nedbalka in Bratislava, until 11 November 2018.