Mediterranean art prize will be awarded to the work that, among the finalists that arrived at the exhibition, will be ranked as first overall regardless of the category of participation. Additional prizes will be awarded to the first runners-up in the other categories. The Jury may award mentions or ex-æquo prizes if resulting from equivalence in evaluation.

Award details
Mediterranean art prize 2023/ Prize to the 1st place overall
— € 3,000.00;
— medal and certification of the Jury with the reason for awarding the prize.

Mediterranean art prize 2023 / Prize to the 1st classified in each category
— € 1,000.00;
— medal and certification of the Jury with the motivation for awarding the prize. 

The prizes are not cumulative: in fact, winning the first absolute prize is to be considered intrinsically a category victory, which, by entitling the winner to the absolute prize, excludes the awarding of the category prize.

Mediterranean art prize 2023 / Prize to the 2nd and 3rd place for each of the categories
— medal and certification by the Jury with the motivation for awarding the prize;

Mediterranean art prize 2023 / Prize from the President of Porta Cœli Foundation
— medal and certification by the President with the motivation for awarding the prize.
In fact, the President of Porta Cœli Foundation has the authority to award a special mention to the artist who will have particularly distinguished himself/herself within the framework of the exhibition for effectiveness in expressing the theme “Re—form.”

Mediterranean art prize / 404 Award. Porta Cœli Foundation
Porta Cœli Foundation has the authority to identify one or more nominations for a group or solo exhibition to be included in its program for contemporary art called 404. The awarding of the prize is subject to the identification of specific reasons for the relationship between the candidate works and the spatial issues
addressed by Porta Cœli Foundation during the years 2023 and 2024. The exhibition is likely to be realized on the Lucanian territory and may possibly be exported to places of interest belonging to the foundation’s network of international relations.