Bétonsalon and the ADAGP share a common commitment to working closely with artists, promoting visual heritage, and rereading and exploring ignored areas of art history. They have joined forces to offer a research grant program enabling an artist to develop a research project over several months on issues of image representation, production and circulation, based on archival collections.

In 2026, the ADAGP and Bétonsalon are launching a new call for applications for the ninth edition of this grant which is an endowment of €15,000. This grant is intended to cover artist’s fees (€4,000), production costs (€8,000) including travel and accommodation expenses, as well as Bétonsalon’s mentorship fees (€3,000). This research grant enables artists to undertake the production of new works in a context conducive to experimentation with non-linear models of production and distribution of knowledge between researchers, artists, institutions and the public.

Initiated in 2017 with the Bibliothèque Kandisky, initially around the Marc Vaux collection, then extended in 2022 to the entire photography archives, the grant has been associated in 2025 with the Archives de la critique d’art, in Rennes. This 9th edition of the grant is intended to allow an artist to develop a research and production project based on all the archives of the Bibliothèque Kandisky, accessible via these links:

• Online portal of the Bibliothèque Kandinsky: Accueil | Bibliothèque Kandinsky
• Digital ressources: Les ressources numériques | Bibliothèque Kandinsky
• Tutorials for digitalized archives: Digital BK | Bibliothèque Kandinsky

The former laureates are franck leibovici (2017), Liv Schulman (2018), Euridice Zaituna Kala (2019), Anne Le Troter (2021), Abdessamad El Montassir (2022), Irma Name (2023), Florian Fouché (2024) and No Anger (2025).

Artistic committee and selection process
The research and production grant is awarded by an artistic committee of art professionals, who will meet in June 2026. 5 candidates will be shortlisted in April 2026 and invited to develop a preliminary project outlining the scope of the research. These projects will be reviewed and discussed during individual interview with the artistic committee on June 9, 2026. Each shortlisted candidate will be compensated €200 for this preparatory work.

The research period will run through September 2026 to June 2027, and will conclude with a public presentation as part of a show at Bétonsalon in 2028.

How to apply
This call is reserved for French artists: living or working in France for at least 5 years, or of French nationality living abroad.

Candidates must submit an application in French by April 17, 2026, at 2pm on the ADAGP Application platform, accessible via this link.

The application file must include the following material:
• A presentation or your artistic practice (300 words max)
• A description of your research project for the grant, specifying your approach, the type of documents identified in the archives of the Bibliothèque Kandinsky and the envisaged formats for the project’s outcome (500 words max)
• A biography (300 words max)
• A CV (2 pages max)
• A portfolio presenting your work (10 pages max)
• An affidavit signed by the artist (document template to download from the online application page)

Schedule:
– Deadline for applications: 17 April 2026 at 2pm
– Shortlist of 5 candidates: April 2026
– Individual interviews: 9 June 2026
– Announcement of the laureate: mid-June 2026
– Research period  : between September 2026 and June 2027
• Public presentation : Exhibition at Bétonsalon planned for the first semester of 2028

Applications to be submitted online: https://candidatures.adagp.fr/en
For any questions, please contact: info@betonsalon.net.