The Golden Duck Gallery launches
the Natura Wien 2025 Open Call & Show to take your artistic journey to the next level!
The Natura Wien 2025 Exhibition will be on show for
2 WEEKS
in the very heart of
VIENNA,
AUSTRIA
in a well-known art gallery
in the very heart of the city -
CityGalleryVienna!
Summer art is like a big, bright party for nature! Think of paintings bursting with sunny yellows and grassy greens! It's all about capturing that happy, lively feeling of summer, and showing just how beautiful and full of life the natural world can be.
Imagine your artworks & concepts in the sunlit capital city flooded by tourists in July in the CityGalleryVienna, just 150 meters from the
Vienna Opera House!
How many artworks you wish to submit?
Early bird discounts till April 20!
We also introduce a topic for the Natura Wien 2025 Show. We want you to present something that is related to your perception of the
NATURE & ENVIRONMENT
But do not get upset! This is not just about landscapes or flowers! This topic is much broader!
Accepted conventional topics are:
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landscapes
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cityscapes
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floristic artworks
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animalistic artworks
Conceptual topics accepted:
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Nature protection
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Environmental problems
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Recycling
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Future vision connected to nature
These might be any, from realistic to absolutely abstract!
Submission Guidelines Brief:
We search for artists who can present artworks that resemble their view of the nature or any problems of our environment. The artworks may be of any style or topic, from classic landscapes to abstract actionism. We also would prefer small & medium-sized artworks for the easy trasportation for the buyers.
Show your concept
The nature is a very broad topic to explore. Art is not just about being fancy and beautiful, it is about bearing meanings and transtating them into universally understood images.
The Natura Wien 2025 Show does not limit the Artists in terms of interpretation. We accept any artwork that is or can be connected to your vision of nature, its problems or beauties. It can be a classic floristic artwork, a landscape, a decorative or interior creation with elements of nature in it, a statement about pollution of the environment, a vision of the future if nothing is done about it - everything is acceptable! Even absolutely abstract artworks created with the use of recycled materials are warmly welcome on the Natura Wien 2025!
For a better understanding, we would like you to write a small description of your thoughts and concepts for all artworks presented.
As usual, every artwork will have a description field for your comfort.
We do not expect you to write a lot. But it is always the best option to hear out your thoughts instead of inventing our own ones.
We have prepared a small presentation of how it should be done in our opinion.
Please, click on the artworks to open the full-view to see the descriptions.
How many artworks you wish to submit?
Early bird discounts till April 20!
Why to submit?
Tourist traffic
Vienna in July is ideal for an art exhibition due to its vibrant summer energy and rich cultural backdrop. Long, sunlit days enhance art viewing, while the city's blend of historic charm and summer festivals attracts a lively, engaged audience.
Exclusive show
The Natura Wien 2025 Show gives you an exclusive opportunity to get to the CityGalleryVienna - a superb artistic location in the very heart of Wien.
Best of show
The jury will pick one artist for the one & the only special prize for the Natura Wien 2025 show.
The Best of Show Award is
€300
and will be handed out on the Grand Opening Ceremony.
Customer Care
Our colleagues are trained to solve all the issues that might occur. You will never be in a difficult situation on your own.
Gallery location
Located in the very heart of Vienna, the CityGalleryVienna is a perfect venue for art exhibitions.
The gallery is located in the street next to the Vienna Opera House.
Secure Payment
The payment for our Open Call is securely handled by the world-famous payment operators Stripe and PayPal.
How many artworks you wish to submit?
Early bird discounts till April 20!
Submission details
The submission fee is starts with $60 for 1 artwork. You can choose up to 5 artworks to upload. If you choose our special $200 offer with 10 artworks upload, we guarantee that minimum 2 artworks will be chosen for the show.
DISCLAIMER!
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Please be informed that the Open Call is an art contest. This means your artworks undergo a jury that decides whether the artworks are eligible for the physical or online exhibitions.
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The Open Call fee is the administrational fee for running the jury and is not refunded to those artists who do not get their art exhibitied.
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A sign-in to your Google Account (Gmail) is necessary to fill out the Google Form collecting the data for the submission. This is the policy of Google Forms.
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The submission and shipping deadlines are strict deadlines. Please be informed that exceeding the deadlines might mean your artworks will not make it into the jury and will not be chosen for show. Exceeding the deadline on the artist's side does not make the artist eligible for refund.
Deadlines
The submission for the Natura Wien 2025 Open Call runs till June 8st, 2025
The results will be announced till June 16, 2025
Shipping to Budapest must be complete by July 8, 2025
Contact information
Due to tight deadlines and short delivery times we ask you to provide us with email and telephone numbers that you can easily check. Our colleagues do their best to reach out if they have any information.
Artistic Conditions
Feel free to submit:
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physical & digital paintings,
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photography,
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any type of mixed media
Please note that AI-created art or art co-created with AI should be marked up separately!
All artworks created on workshops or during painting masterclasses are not eligible for the exhibition.
Study copies are allowed.
Specific Limitations
The Natura Wien 2025 Open Call & Show has the main goal of running a show that will attract tourists who visit the city of Vienna in summer. So here are the limitations we need to respect due to the special character of the show.
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The artworks should be no bigger than 80 x 80. Smaller artworks that fit the standard baggage size are welcome, 50x60 or 60x50 is the optimal size.
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Artworks that have a glass covering them are not accepted due to high vulnerability during shipping
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3D artworks are accepted only if the objects exceed the body of the artwork for the max extent of 2 cm
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The artworks must not depict any scene of nudity, sexual content, violence or illegal activities.
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Bright, colorful and joyful artworks with decorative vibe are welcome
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All artworks must arrive in a ready-to-hang condition.
How many artworks you wish to submit?
Early bird discounts till April 20!
Shipping information
To be shipped to Vienna, Austria, the winning artworks must arrive to Budapest
before June 30, 2025.
The Golden Duck Gallery handles the shipping in-house.
Note that the 25 EUR shipping cost / artwork
is not included in the open call fee.
Please note, that the artworks arriving at a later date will be denied of physical exhibition!
The Gallery address is:
1092 Hungary, Budapest
Raday utca 31/a
Golden Duck Gallery
CityGalleryVienna
Venue Location:
Mahlerstraße 11,
1010 Wien, Austria
DELIVERY OPTIONS
If you reside in Hungary:
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Please bring the artworks to the Golden Duck Gallery so that our team can check the package.
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Please be informed that the shipping cost is not included in the exhibition costs and will be calculated later.
If you reside in the EU:
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Please contact us on support@goldenduckgallery.com to discuss possible delivery options. You have to decide whether you want to ship the parcel yourself or deliver it to the Golden Duck Gallery for arranging the shipment and making the necessary shipment documentation.
If you reside outside of the EU - US, Canada, UK, Asia, Africa:
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Please contact us on support@goldenduckgallery.com to discuss possible delivery options. You have to decide whether you want to ship the parcel yourself or deliver it to the Golden Duck Gallery for arranging the shipment and making the necessary shipment documentation.
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If shipping from outside of the EU, VAT or import customs might be applied on the border. In order to avoid that, please mark the artwork as gift. If the Artist marks it as goods, the Artist shall refund the gallery with the sum of the tax & VAT and pay a 27% administration surcharge.
How many artworks you wish to submit?
Early bird discounts till April 20!
Vienna
Imagine your art show bathed in the golden glow of a Viennese July! The city is buzzing with life, a magnet for art lovers from every corner of the world, all eager to soak up culture in the summer sunshine. With its legendary museums and a thriving contemporary scene, Vienna already has art in its soul, making it the perfect stage to captivate a curious and enthusiastic audience.
Think balmy evenings, art walks under clear skies, and conversations sparking in charming outdoor cafes after your show. Picture artists and collectors mingling over coffee, inspired by the art and the magical Viennese atmosphere. Trust us, hosting your art show in Vienna this July isn't just an exhibition – it's an unforgettable experience that will leave a lasting impression.
Weihnachts zum Opernhaus
Our first success in Vienna
In October 2023, the Golden Duck Gallery began its collaboration with the CityGalleryVienna, to create a major, two-week Christmas art exhibition.
This is how the
Weihnachts zum Opernhaus
was born.
Overall, we exhibited
76 artworks
by
68 artists
from all over the world.
The exhibition has driven a lot of attention towards Hungarian art and craft from both art lovers and Austrian society, becoming a great basis for future shows in the gallery.
Written about our work
Szalma Júlia
About ArtDeco 2024
Open Call
Tisztelt Szervezők!
Nagyon szépen köszönöm a lehetőséget, hogy egy ilyen színvonalas kiállításon is részt vehetek. Jól kezdődik ez az év!!!!!! :)
Szívélyes üdvözletem, további jó munkát es sikerekben gazdag Új Esztendőt az egész csapatnak!
Szalma Júlia (Sz. Szabó Júlia)
Anita Jozsef, Hungary
About ChristmArt 2023 Open Call
Thanks for the lovely exhibition, Catherine. Kind regards and cheers. Anita
Nldhi Panwar
About ChristmArt 2023 Open Call
Thank you so much for the opportunity to submit for the show!
Nagy Kálmán
About ArtDeco 2024
Open Call
Nagyon örülök, hogy bejutottam!
Gulyás-Németh Georgina, Hungary
About ChristmArt 2023 Open Call
Nagyon szépen köszönjük a tegnapi kiállítást, minden tiszteletem a 3 nyelven megtartott köszöntőért, kedvességért, profizmusért és hogy a művészek támogatása mellett még jó ügyet is képviselnek a vakvezető kutyák támogatásával!
Nagyon jó érzés volt, hogy saját kutyusomat sem kellett otthon hagyni, nem tudok elég hálás lenni!
Kolozsvári Edit
About ArtDeco 2024
Open Call
Hálásan köszönöm a lehetőséget! Minden nyertesnek és döntősnek, szívből Gratulálok
Thank you very much for the opportunity! Congratulations to all the winners and finalists!
Eva Laszlone Wagner
About ArtDeco 2024
Open Call
Nagyon boldog vagyok, hogy az ArtDeco pályázat nyertesei közé tartozhatok. Nagy elimerés ez nekem. Köszönöm és további bátorítást ad a festéshez.
How many artworks you wish to submit?
Early bird discounts till April 20!
Additional rules
Awards
We have the following types of winners in the Futurisme Brut Open Call:
Winners
Winners are those artworks that won the main prize - the exhibition opportunity in the CityGalleryVienna, Austria. Along with that, we guarantee the winners' pariticipance in the Natura Wien 2025 Open Call Online Exhibition on the Golden Duck Gallery's website and a Winner's Certificate of Participance issued by the Golden Duck Gallery.
Finalists
Finalists are those participants who did not make their way to the offline physical exhibition opportunity of the Natura Wien 2025. On the contrary, though we guarantee the finalists' pariticipance in the Natura Wien 2025 Online Exhibition on the Golden Duck Gallery's website and an Online Exhibitor's Certificate of Participance issued by the Golden Duck Gallery.
Technical Conditions
For submitting to the Natura Wien 2025 Open Call you will need to provide us with high-quality images of your artwork in JPEG or PNG file format. We do not define a minimum or maximum resolution of the image as different artworks might have different criteria of a high-quality image. Instead we set the maximum size of the file of 10 MB.
Copyright Conditions
You can only submit original artworks created by yourself for the Natura Wien 2025 Open Call. In case you are not the author and/or creator of the artwork, please make sure you are eligible for the copyright of the artwork.
As the organiser of the Natura Wien 2025 Open Call, the Golden Duck Gallery hereby states that all images collected during the Submission process of this open call will be treated securely and used only with the following intentions:
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Running the jury process (the images are organized in spreadsheet and made visible for the jury only and are not accessible for the general public at this point)
For those images that are chosen for exhibition purposes (winners or finalists of the Open Call) will be used in the following ways:
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The images will be published to the web page of the online exhibition on the Golden Duck Gallery website.
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The images shall be published to the Golden Duck Gallery social media pages, such as Instagram, Facebook and TikTok pages for information purposes as stipulated in the main prize conditions.
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The images may be used with promotional purposes that include online and offline marketing materials (banner advertisements, search-based advertisements, promoted social media posts and stories, printed flyer ads, newspaper and magazine ads) that promote the Futurisme Brut Open Call exhibition in the Golden Duck Gallery to its potential visitors.
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The images may be used to create a printable & online catalogue of the Futurisme Brut Open Call and a digestive catalogue containing all the artworks exhibited in a certain period of time (e.g. the catalogue of 2024 or a digest of several years, e.g. 2022-2026)
Please note that the right of the Golden Duck Gallery to use the images for the purpose of promotion and catalogue creation do not result the obligation for the Gallery and its owners to do so.
Please note that by submitting for the Natura Wien 2025 Open Call you accept the Copyright Conditions. If you do not want to give your consent to this type of usage, the Golden Duck Gallery reserves its right to deny your participance in the Futurisme Brut as the Golden Duck Gallery cannot provide the service as stipulated above.
How the process works
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Click the SUBMIT button.
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On the webshop page click the Purchase button.
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Fill in the necessary information and choose the payment option (Stripe for debit/credit cards or PayPal).
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After payment you will receive your confirmation email with the PDF with the link to the submission page.
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You can also access the same PDF from your Order successful page that you see after the successful payment.
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Simply click the Download button.
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Open the downloaded PDF file. Usually this type of files can be opened in a variety of different software. The most popular ones are Google Chrome, Adobe Acrobat Reader, Microsoft Word.
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In the opened file click the Complete submission. A webpage will open.
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In the opened webpage provide all the necessary information and click the Submit button to complete the submission process.
How many artworks you wish to submit?
Early bird discounts till April 20!
