Art Battle International

ArtBattle is live competitive painting. A thrilling performance of creativity, democracy and auction, the selected artists face-off against each other with a time & paint constraint, a voting audience of patrons, and the possibility of having their art destroyed. Each evening finds competing artists sourced from the crowd – their names are literally drawn from a hat – to step onto a stage unlike any other. Usually a highly personal evolution of creation and destruction, an artist's trade is laid bare before an eclectic crowd... two artists are called to the stage... they are provided with a palette of acrylic paint, a selection of brushes and other painting utensils, a canvas, and applause. And they paint. Patrons - who have paid a higher entrance fee to avoid the possibility of being called to battle - watch the creations unfold on either side of the stage and bring their opinions, their voices and their votes to life. Each patron is provided a ballot to cast for their favourite painting, one is declared