apexart offers several open call programs intended to even the playing field between applicants, diversify experience and perspective, and push back against the commercialization of art.

[3] International exhibition locations have included Tehran, São Paulo, Lagos, Johannesburg, Bamako,[5][6][7] Tbilisi, Tarrafal,[8] Istanbul, Hong Kong,[9] and Lima.

[16][17] Previous International Open Call winners include Favour Ritaro (2023),[18] Agustina Woodgate and Stephanie Elyse Sherman (2017),[19] Claude Gomis and Saskia Köbschall (2016),[8] and The League of Imaginary Scientists (2009).

[28] Arthur Danto's exhibition in 2005 featured work by Audrey Flack, Leslie King-Hammond, Mary Miss, Ursula von Rydingsvard, Cindy Sherman, and Robert Zakanitch.

[9][33] Other past winners include Alastair Noble (2014),[34] Avi Lubin (2014),[35] Ola El-Khalidi (2013), Kari Cwynar (2013), Natalie Musteata (2012), [10] Gary Fogelson and Michael Hutcherson (2011),[36] Courtenay Finn (2010)[37] and Sandra Skurvida (2009).

[42] Past winners include Tiffany Boyle and Jessica Carden (Barbados, 2016),[9][43] Bill Doherty and Tim McGlynn (Memphis, Tennessee, 2013)[10] Corina Oprea, Isabel Löfgren, Judith Souriau, Milena Placentile, and Valerio Del Baglivo (Sweden, 2011)[44] and Logan Bay (Thailand, 2010).