Arts & Culture Digital Innovation Awards 2025 - Introducing the Contenders in the Running
Digital Innovation in Arts & Culture Award Semi-Finalists Unveiled
The Digital Innovation in Arts & Culture Award (DIAC) has announced its semi-finalists for 2025, showcasing a global selection of creative projects that are pushing the boundaries of technology and culture. The award, associated with the .ART Registry, is set to reveal the winners at the Allstars gala in London on October 16, 2025.
Among the semi-finalists are Loupe Art from the United States, a streaming platform that transforms TVs, web browsers, and public screens into curated galleries. Loupe Art offers a unique way to experience art, making it accessible to a wider audience.
From the United Kingdom, MBD brings cultural memory to life through collaborative VR experiences, while Neurodivergent Synergy focuses on creating inclusive and accessible art experiences for neurodivergent individuals. SHE IS AI, a global platform, elevates women and underrepresented voices at the intersection of AI and culture.
IΜtaΜn, based in the United States, is the world's largest onchain exhibition platform for West African art, with over 200 artists represented across Nigeria and its diaspora. Peggy's mobile-first marketplace democratizes the art market, ensuring transparency for buyers and recurring income for artists through AI authentication and built-in resale royalties.
Artcrush from Belgium is transforming public spaces into cultural spaces by turning city billboards into curated digital galleries. The Art Identification Standard (AIS), another semi-finalist from the United Kingdom, is building a universal, decentralized identifier for artworks and cultural objects.
In the realm of education, WHATCLASS is rewriting the rules of education through music, combining AI-personalised learning with fan-powered IP models. Art Games from the United States is reinventing art education for children with their award-winning physical card game Art Smiles, which comes alive through AR and AI.
The Generative Art Museum in Barcelona is the first museum dedicated to generative art, bringing algorithmic and AI-driven art into both public spaces and the metaverse. IMX3, another semi-finalist from the United States, is designing immersive, curator-led metaverse environments for museums, artists, and cultural organizations.
SVD Denim from Ukraine is Ukraine's first prosthetic-inclusive denim brand, merging physical garments and phygital skins, and challenging visual norms by co-designing with veterans and launching avatars with visible limb differences. Smour websiteStamp turns any smartphone into a biometric scanner, generating tamper-proof digital passports for artworks anchored on blockchain, ensuring authenticity and provenance.
The DIAC semi-finalists represent a diverse and innovative selection of projects spanning from Brussels to Barcelona, San Francisco to Kyiv. The winners of the DIAC will be announced at the Allstars gala in London on October 16, 2025. For more information about the award and the semi-finalists, visit diac.art.
