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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. Out of 96 talents enrolled, this year's international jury selected 20 painters, of whom as many as 18 have tried their luck in this form already in the past. The best three artists will be announced in September. The VUB Foundation will support the winners in their further work with the total amount of EUR 20,000.

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.

20 finalists of the Maľba competition are known

The international jury evaluated the works of 128 young artists entered in the Maľba competition 2018. The jury selected 20 paintings which go to the final. Works of 20 finalists will be presented at the exhibition held in the Nedbalka Gallery in Bratislava from September 28 to November 11.

128 artists entered the Maľba competition

The opportunity to participate in the Maľba competition was performed by young professional artists for the 13th time. The registration results show that this will be a strong year. The application was filled by 128 contestants. Their paintings are now evaluated by an international jury, which will select 20 finalists.

We announce the 13th annual Maľba

The VUB Foundation has launched a call for entries to the 13th annual Maľba (Painting) competition. Once again, an international jury will select 20 young Slovak painters as finalists and award a cash prize of EUR 20,000 to the 3 best entries. Enter using the online form from 16 April to 17 June 2018.

The winners of the 12th annual Maľba are known

The winners of the 12th annual the prestigious competition Maľba (Painting) – VUB Foundation Award for Painting for Young Artists are Žofia Dubová, Marta Kissová a Hana Garová.

Maľba in Milan

Last year’s edition of the Maľba competition was the 12th organised by the VUB Foundation for young painters. Several exhibitions around Slovakia were organised to mark the competition’s 10th anniversary in 2015 under the title “Ten years of the Maľba competition”. Last year the exhibition collection was also shown in Italy.