artnet covers GFAA Finalist Announcement event

artnet covers GFAA Finalist Announcement event

Global Fine Art Awards Finalists Announcement at the Baccarat Hotel

artnetnews oct 20, 2016
Guests enjoyed champagne and hors d’ oeuvres at Le Petit Salon in the Baccarat Hotel on October 25 as the Global Fine Art Awards held a ceremony announcing its 2016 finalists for the world’s best art and design exhibitions.

Culled from over 2,000 shows from around the world, the 33 finalists included exhibitions from five New York institutions: Whitney Museum of American Art, for “Human Interests: Portraits;” the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, for “Maholy-Nagy: Future Present;” The Jewish Museum, for “Roberto Burle Marx: Brazilian Modernist;” the Museum of Arts and Design for “Atmosphere for Enjoyment: Harry Bertoia’s Environment for Sound;” and the Metropolitan Museum of Art, for its hit Costume Institute “Manus x Machina” show, Diane Arbus photography exhibition, and “Pergamon and the Hellenistic Kingdoms of the Ancient World.”