THE BLUE NIGHT 2025
Preview Art Competition
Friday, 16th May 2025
The Blue Night
Saturday, 17th May 2025
Projection "Beneath the surface" on the Kaiserburg – The Blue Night 2023
In 2000, the year after Nuremberg’s 950th anniversary, the first Blue Night (Die Blaue Nacht) invited Nuremberg citizens to see and experience art and culture in an unusual setting and at an unusual time of day. Since then, Die Blaue Nacht has become an outstandig Long Night of Art and Culture, with about 130,000 visitors annually, coming from Nuremberg, the surrounding region, the entire Federal Republic and abroad. On offer are more than 200 programme presentations in over 40 institutions, courtyards, on squares and in the streets of Nuremberg’s Old Town.
Over 40 culture sites will open their doors for exhibitions, concerts, readings, activities to join, light art shows – something for everybody, big and small. In the programme, English language information is always in italics. We have particularly marked programme items which can be enjoyed without knowledge of German.
A warm thank-you to our main sponsors, NÜRNBERGER Versicherung, N-ERGIE Aktiengesellschaft for their loyal support over a long time. I would also like to thank all new and all familiar supporters and art sponsors, all members of staff of the culture institutions involved, all artists, and last but not least the team of the Project Office.
Prof. Dr. Julia Lehner
City of Nuremberg Mayor in charge of culture
BLAUE NACHT art competition
Apply for Blaue Nacht art competition 2025
Since 2005, Die Blaue Nacht has offered artists the opportunity to present their works to a larger public for two nights in the participating institutions, in courtyards, in enclosed public spaces, and on squares and streets in Nuremberg’s inner city. These
works have included:
• visual art light installations
• acoustic installations
• movement / performances
• interactive / participative activities
• new media
By end of January, 10 projects will be selected for implementation during
the 2025 Blaue Nacht on 16 and 17 May 2025 in Nuremberg.
Entries are only possible in digital form and must be submitted no later
than 1st December 2024 to bnkunstwettbewerb(at)gmx.de.
Further information will be provided by Anika Schwarz, art historian, who organizes the art competition at to bnkunstwettbewerb(at)gmx.de
It is possible to apply for several sites (choose "Deutsch" at this side above and "Ausschreibung Blaue Nacht Kunstwettbewerb 2025")
You will find the link below.
