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2027 The first modern arts olympiad

Olymp’Arts 2027, a world first: the first competition of the modern Olympic Arts will take place in 2027. The venue is yet to be revealed and the dates will be announced in early 2027, on the home page of the official website, olymp-arts.world.

In the night sky, hundreds of glowing drones draw a trophy beneath the words “OLYMP’ARTS 2027”.
The Olymp’Arts 2027 trophy drawn by drones during the show of 16 July 2025.

Three questions, one place for the answers

Where?

The venue of the first modern arts olympiad has not been announced yet.

When?

In 2027. The exact dates will be announced in early 2027.

What theme?

Each olympiad has its own theme, as the Charter provides. The 2027 theme is yet to be revealed.

Be among the first to know the venue and the dates

The venue, dates, registration and rules will be announced on the home page of the official website, run by the World Olymp’Arts Committee (WOAC), chaired since June 2026 by Benjamin K SIGG .

Follow the announcements on olymp-arts.world

Why 2027?

From 1995 to 2027, the road was long, for technical reasons. At the heart of the Olymp’Arts is a worldwide public vote, online and fully anonymous. In 1995, computers and networks could not support a secure system free of discrimination. It took more than twenty years to develop a platform where any artist, even an amateur, can submit a work freely and anonymously, with the same chances as established artists.

The milestones leading to 2027 — Athens 2023, UNESCO 2025 — are told on the page 2025, the Charter turns 30.

The Olymp’Arts Charter — current version

Current text of the Charter, signed by Marc Verrière. It has evolved since the text signed at UNESCO in 1995: in particular, it mentions artificial intelligence and online voting.

Four principles sum it up: a worldwide public vote, online and anonymous; all artists, amateur or professional, on an equal footing; works reserved for living artists, not AI; a different theme for each olympiad.

  1. The modern “Olympic Arts” were established at UNESCO on July 10 and 11, 1995, to revive the tradition that began in ancient Greece in 566 BC. Their generic title became “Olymp’Arts” in 2016.

  2. They are intended to organize and promote a universal artistic meeting place every four years, “…the third year after each sporting Olympiad,” following the calendar established by the ancient Greeks themselves. The date to be remembered is the one following the Summer Olympic Games, as Winter Games did not exist in antiquity.

  3. All artists worldwide, amateur or professional, without any discrimination based on age or culture, are invited to participate. All existing artistic disciplines will be included.

  4. Due to the increasing use of artificial intelligence (AI), and in order to protect artistic creation and copyright, the Olymp’Arts are reserved for living artists who must prove that the source of their works is not AI-generated. The details of this certification will be announced at each Olympiad.

  5. The works will be presented and submitted exclusively to the world public vote, online, anonymously, and without any influence from fashion, societal or professional trends, according to a set of criteria and a patented protocol that prevents any fraud, duplication, or multiple voting.

  6. The central objective of the Olymp’Arts is to demonstrate the major role that art can play in building a better world. Its aim is to bring together people from different cultures around works reflecting unique values such as universality, beauty, harmony, and non-violence, and thus prove that art carries profound and lasting values.

  7. Beyond the very notion of amateurism, taken in its etymological sense, which is linked to that of Olympism, one of the objectives of Olymp’Arts is to give all talented artists, who lack the necessary promotional resources, a chance to be recognized by the world audience.

  8. An Olymp’Arts “Trophy” will be awarded to the most outstanding works, following a series of selections detailed in the general regulations available on the website, which is currently under development.

  9. A general theme, different for each Arts Olympiad, will be proposed to all artists, encouraging them to direct their inspiration and creation towards exclusively humanist and universal values.

  10. The highest international bodies will guarantee the respect and authenticity of the objectives currently defined.

Olymp’Arts partners and supporters

Institutions and partners that have supported the Olymp’Arts since 1994.