Ras Al Khaimah Art Festival: Civilizations - Call for Entries

• Ras Al Khaimah Art Festival

• Deadline: May 31st, 2025

• Theme: Civilizations

• Prize: Cash Prize + Exhibition in UAE

• Entry Fees: Free

• REGISTRATION: CLICK HERE

Art is the archive of civilizations—their hopes, their rituals, their questions, their soul. In 2026, RAK Art Festival calls upon visionary creators to embark on a transformative journey through the theme:“Civilizations – A Journey Through Time and Culture.”

We are witnessing a time when the past and future are more entangled than ever. Across deserts, oceans, and cities, echoes of past empires and movements still reverberate in our stories, languages, architecture, and beliefs. But art is where these echoes truly come alive. It is through your vision that forgotten legacies can be remembered and that new ones can be born.

This festival is a celebration not just of history, but of the living dialogue between cultures—between the seen and the unseen, the inherited and the invented. From ancient motifs reimagined through modern tools to hybrid identities forged by migration and memory, we invite you to show us how civilizations speak through you.

RAK Art 2026 will take place in the breathtaking landscape of Ras Al Khaimah, a crossroads of tradition and modernity, desert and sea. It will be a moment of gathering—a global showcase of human expression across time and geography.

Submit your most meaningful work, and join a movement of artists who believe that beauty, truth, and diversity shape the story of us all.

The top two works in each category will be awarded cash prizes and prestigious trophies to recognize their creative and cultural impact.

Let your art become part of the enduring conversation of civilizations.