WORLD ARTISTS ORGANIZATION

Your work deserves
to be part of
the record.

Publishing and documenting contemporary artists worldwide.

We create professionally produced publications dedicated to selected contemporary artists, documenting their practices and perspectives and placing their work within a wider international art context.

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WORLD ARTISTS
ORGANIZATION
CONTEMPORARY ART / 2026
AN INTERNATIONAL ART CONTEXT

Published today.
Preserved for tomorrow.

A publication can become more than a collection of artworks. It becomes a lasting record of an artist’s practice and a point of connection with the wider art world.

2 Published books
20+ Countries reached
Print + Digital International formats
ISBN Published editions

Our publications are available in print and digital formats, reaching readers in 20+ countries through international distribution including Amazon and YouCanPrint, with extended distribution to libraries, curators, galleries, museums, critics, historians, and art world professionals.

THE PROCESS

From your practice
to the published page.

Three steps. One curatorial process.

01

Submit

Submit your portfolio and artist information for consideration.

02

Selection

Our curatorial team reviews submissions based on artistic quality, originality, practice and relevance to the publication.

03

Publication

Artists selected for the edition receive an official invitation with the publication details and next steps.

VOICES FROM THE ART WORLD

What the art world
says about us.

PIACENTINA CAMPLeSE
Artist · Italy
Being selected for the publication felt different from simply being featured. It felt like my work had been recognized and considered worthy of becoming part of a larger artistic record.
REMO
Art Historian &
Art Critic
Contemporary art needs more than visibility. It needs documentation. Creating a lasting record of today’s artists is part of preserving the artistic history of our time.
EXIBART
Art & Culture
Magazine
At a time when artists can be seen everywhere and remembered nowhere, initiatives dedicated to documenting contemporary practices take on a particular cultural importance.
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FRANCESCA
Professor of Italian
Language & Literature
A publication dedicated to contemporary artists does more than preserve individual works. It creates a space where different voices, cultures and perspectives can meet.
EMY OSMAN
Psychologist &
Art Psychology Consultant
Art is not only experienced in the present; it becomes part of our collective memory through the ways we preserve and document it. Publications such as these give artists a lasting space within that process.
SALMA ELTOUKHY
Founder, Art Queens Gallery
Curator & Art Critic
For galleries and curators, discovering artists through professionally documented publications can open valuable points of connection between artists and the wider art world.
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CONNECT WITH WAO

Beyond the publication.
Into the wider art world.

We welcome enquiries from art professionals, cultural institutions, journalists, publishers and organizations interested in collaboration, editorial opportunities, artistic research, media, partnerships and international cultural projects.

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