SYSTEMS
In the 2026 ABS Digital Art Prize exhibition, systems are not merely subjects, but operative frameworks — they generate images, structure value, regulate participation, or simulate behaviour.
A system may take many forms — from algorithmic procedures and generative grids to trained models, blockchain-based registries, financial or value-generating mechanisms, semiotic structures, or simulated environments.
Such systems may operate through rules, protocols, or combinatory structures; generate variation from modular elements; organize value and circulation; interpret and reconfigure language and symbols; or mediate interaction between human and machine.
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OPEN CALL — NOW LIVE
Arab Bank Switzerland invites artists worldwide to apply for the Digital Art Prize 2026.
The call is open to artists whose practices operate within contemporary digital and technological contexts.
Submitted works must engage with the theme SYSTEMS.
A system may take many forms — from algorithmic procedures and generative grids to trained models, blockchain-based registries, financial or value-generating mechanisms, semiotic structures, or simulated environments.
Prize
USD 10,000 + acquisition of an artwork
Deadline
3 May 2026
Apply via link in bio.
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Arab Bank Switzerland announces the Digital Art Prize 2026.
For the first time since its inception in 2023, the prize unfolds within a curated thematic exhibition.
Titled SYSTEMS, the exhibition takes place within the former Fábrica de Moagem in Lisbon, presented during @nonfungibleconference — an international summit at the intersection of digital culture, technology, and emerging infrastructures.
The site, a historically intact industrial flour mill, is shaped by processes of sequencing, regulation, and circulation — serving as both inspiration and setting.
More to follow.
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Meet the Jury: Giulia Bini ⬇️
Giulia Bini (@giulia__bini ) is a curator, program manager and institutional strategist with over a decade of experience at the nexus of contemporary and media art, science, and advanced technologies.
She is currently curator and head of Arts at CERN (@artsatcern ) and previously founded the Enter the Hyper-Scientific residency (@enterthehyperscientific ) at EPFL (@epflcampus ).
Meet the Jury: Nina Roehrs ⬇️
Nina Roehrs (@ninaroehrs ) is an expert on art in the digital age, advising cultural institutions on digital strategy, programming, and innovation.
As art advisor at Arab Bank Switzerland, she leads the strategic development of the bank’s art initiatives, including its collection and art prizes.
Meet the Jury: maltefr ⬇️
maltefr is an entrepreneur and operator.
He has held partnership and creator relations roles at Bright Moments (@brightmomentsgallery ) and Tribute Labs (@tributelabsxyz ), and is a founding contributor to Glitch Gallery (@glitchmarfa ), where he continues to curate.
Meet the Jury: Armin Blasbichler ⬇️
Armin Blasbichler is an architect, designer and former artistic director of the Masterstudio Design programme at the Basel Academy of Art and Design FHNW. His interdisciplinary approach centres on blockchain technology and its impact on contemporary artistic practices.
An active collector of digital art, he advises cultural institutions and artists on the development of Web3 initiatives and related projects.
Meet the Jury: Abigal Miller ⬇️
Abigail Miller (@abigailkmiller ) is an independent curator and cultural strategist working across contemporary art and emerging technologies.
She currently leads digital art at Avant Arte (@avant.arte ), where her projects with artists including Anna Ridler, Beeple and Linda Dounia have reached global audiences of over 3.5 million. Previously, she was part of the founding digital art team at Unit London.
JURY
The three finalists of the Digital Art Prize 2026 will be selected by an independent jury.
Giulia Bini (@giulia__bini )
Armin Blasbichler
maltefr
Abigail Miller (@abigailkmiller )
Nina Roehrs (@ninaroehrs )
Bringing together different perspectives on systems across practices working within digital and technological contexts.
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For the first time, the Arab Bank Switzerland Digital Art Prize unfolds as a thematic exhibition format.
The exhibition creates a framework in which works from the ABS collection are brought into dialogue with the three finalists of the Digital Art Prize.
Artists presented in this year’s SYSTEMS exhibition include
Kim Asendorf (@kimasendorf ), Viktoria Binschtok (studio.binschtok), Jack Butcher (@jckbtchr ), Linda Dounia (@lindadouniar ), Andreas Gysin (@andreasgysin ), Larva Labs (@larva_labs ), Cezar Mocan (@cezarmocan ), Operator (@operator_______ ), Helena Sarin (@neuralbricolage ), and Paul Seidler.
Within this context, different approaches to systems are brought into relation.
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🌊 Trois jours.
Des centaines d’équipages.
Une seule ligne d’arrivée.
⛵️ 87ème édition du Bol d’Or du Léman
📅 Du 5 au 7 juin
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🤝 Merci à notre partenaire principal, Arab Bank Switzerland, ainsi qu’à Tudor, notre chronométreur officiel, pour leur soutien cette année encore.
Images : SNG/@4amch
Can metadata be poetic? 🌅
For his series SOL, generative artist @coryhaber searched for the exact angle of the sunrise in New York on every single day of the year, and then turned each one into a unique artwork. 365 sunrises, coded from real astronomical data.
Sol #164, part of our collection, captures one precise, unrepeatable moment where the natural world meets the digital one.
The full series famously sold out in 35 minutes.
Inspired by Andy Warhol’s sunset prints, Haber invites collectors to discover the metadata behind each piece and build their own relationship with it - a quiet challenge to how we find meaning in data, in art, and in the world around us.
