Wine as material
The colour, the texture, the stain. Wine has been used as pigment for centuries. We are interested in work that uses wine — or its visual language — as a medium or subject.
Burning Man 2026 · Open callShow your
Show your
art.
A wine-culture gallery in the desert.
No gallery fee. No sales. Pure expression.
The contextA gallery
A gallery
in the dust.
Burning Man is a temporary city of 70,000 people in the Nevada desert. There are no transactions, no galleries in the traditional sense, no curators with chequebooks. Art exists here purely for what it is — something to experience, not to buy.
Glou Glou Art is a camp built around natural wine as a cultural movement. Alongside our daily wine tastings, we host a curated gallery inside a hexayurt-style structure — open all day, every day, for the entire week. Thousands of visitors walk through.
Your work will be seen by people who came with nothing, expect nothing, and are completely open to what they encounter.
The audience is international, curious, and radically present. No phones out for Instagram. No red dots. Just people standing in front of your piece, in 40-degree heat, choosing to look.
Curatorial directionArt & wine,
Art & wine,
same territory.
We are not looking for wine labels or product shots. We are looking for work that resonates with the culture, the gesture, and the spirit of natural wine — through any medium.
Transformation
Fermentation, decay, growth, metamorphosis. Wine is fruit becoming something else. We look for work that explores change, process, and the beauty of what's unstable.
Terroir & craft
The people, the hands, the land. Documentary or abstract, we welcome work that speaks to the relationship between a maker and what they make.
The collaborative piece
Alongside exhibited works, a large-format collaborative painting grows all week. Visitors paint with leftover wine as pigment. Your work lives next to this collective creation — individual expression alongside communal gesture.
The spaceDesert
Desert
conditions.
The gallery
A hexayurt-style structure with large open window portals facing the street. Interior walls available for hanging. Warm ambient lighting at night — soft amber LEDs and lanterns. The space is shared with the wine bar and the collaborative painting.
The gallery is open all day, every day, for the full week. Visitors walk in freely. There is no door, no ticket, no schedule to follow.
What the desert demands
Black Rock City sits on an alkaline playa. Fine dust gets everywhere. Temperatures swing from 40°C during the day to near freezing at night. Wind storms can hit at any time. Your work needs to survive these conditions for a week — or be designed to embrace them.
Dust-resistant or dust-proofHeat-tolerant materialsWind-stable mountingNo glass on the groundFully packable for Leave No TracePhotography, print, illustration, mixed mediaMax size adapted to hexayurt walls
ProcessFrom studio
From studio
to playa.
01
Reach out
Send us a short message with your name, medium, and a link to your work or a few images. No formal portfolio required — we want to see what moves you.
02
Conversation
We'll talk about the piece(s) you have in mind, the space available, and how your work connects to the themes of wine, transformation, or craft.
03
Preparation
Together we plan the installation: dimensions, materials, mounting, and how the piece will survive desert conditions. We provide guidance based on past experience on the playa.
04
Transport & install
We handle logistics from Paris to Black Rock City. Your work is transported safely, installed with care, and returned to you after the event — along with photos and documentation.
Show
your work.
Your art, seen by thousands, in a place where nothing is for sale and everything is real.
Submit your work→Burning Man 2026 · Paris, France × Black Rock City, Nevada