Accolades Recap

Accolades and Endorsements from Award Nominees, Media, Partners and the Global Art Community

“We are all very proud…(this exhibition) received wide critical acclaim in the press, but this award is the most important testament to the huge impact the exhibition has had.” On their “Light, Paper, Process: Reinventing Photography” exhibition receiving the award for Best Photography, Timothy Potts, Director of the J. Paul Getty Museum 

“What an incredible feat you pulled off …I was amazed! Best wishes!! Dean” Dean Phelus, GFAA Judge and American Alliance of Museums’ Senior Director of Leadership Programs

“I can’t tell you how thrilled I am that the work is being recognized as a finalist for a Global Fine Art award. It is a wonderful honor. With great appreciation.”  Sarah Sze, Artist

 “I would never expect that this project would find such an enthusiastic public response and international recognition.” Moscow Kremlin Museum’s exhibition Charles Rennie Mackintosh: Manifest of the New Style wins the Youniversal award, Dr. Olga Dmitrieva, Deputy General Director of Education, and Professor, Faculty of History, Moscow State University

“I wanted to thank you and the judges once more for the great honor that you have bestowed on the Metropolitan Museum and the Deccan exhibition.” Navina Haidar, Curator, Department of Islamic Art, The Metropolitan Museum of Art,

“Thank you so much for the nomination of a 2015 Global Fine Arts Award!“  Jessica Man, Curatorial Assistant to the Chief Curator, Whitney Museum of American Art,

“Thank you so much for your letter with the lovely news that Jaume Plensa’s exhibition in Venice, Together, was recognized and acknowledged by your organization.   It’s always rewarding to know that the work of our artists is celebrated and appreciated.”  Mary Sabbatino, Vice President/Partner, Galerie Lelong

“We really appreciate all the accolades that you have given our team and homeowners around South Africa that we work with. We mentioned the award to all the homeowners at our annual exhibition and they really enjoyed and all clapped and some even cried during our ceremony.

May your organisation grow from strength to strength and may the award that we receive from you take us from strength to strength.” Siphiwe Ngwenya, Founder, The Maboneng Township Arts Experience

“This is wonderful news! Thank you.” John A. Giurini, Assistant Director Public Affairs, J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles

“I am proud to receive the Global Fine Art Award for “Permission to be Global” and would like to thank the Jury and organizers of this memorable event”. Ella Fontanals Cisneros, Cisneros Fontanals Art Foundation (CIFO), Miami

 “Thank you …and please extend our thanks to the judges for nominating the Guggenheim Museum’s 2014 exhibition, Italian Futurism, 1909-1944: Reconstructing the Universe, for this newly founded award.” Dr. Vivien M. Greene, Senior Curator, 19th- and Early 20th-Century Art, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York

“We are thrilled to learn that Strange Beauty has been selected as a Finalist for a Global Fine Art Award. This is very exciting news…Thank you again and best wishes for a very successful awards! Yours sincerely, Jane “ Jane Knowles, Head of Exhibitions, The National Gallery, London

“We at Creative Time are so proud to support this ambitious work, and to have had the immense privilege of working with visionary artist Kara Walker …. This enormous, incisive, and resonant work underscores our belief that public art creates a unique space to engage in difficult conversations.” Anne Pasternak, President / Artistic Director, Creative Time, New York

“Thank you …as you may know…I shepherded the show and worked very closely with David Hockney’s curator Gregory Evans. Very exciting” Richard Benefield, Deputy Director, Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco

“Thanks … the Global Fine Arts award. I am honored to be a finalist!” Sarah Kennel, Associate Curator, Department of Photographs, National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C.

“We are delighted to hear that one of Dairy’s exhibitions (Julian Schnabel: Every Angel has a Dark Side) has been nominated for a global award. Many thanks and best wishes” Deirdre Kelly, Director, Dairy Art Centre, London

”Thank you, we are all very excited about this nomination.” Lavinia Rinaldi, press officer.  Fondazione Palazzo Strozzi, Florence

“We are very honored to have been nominated!.. Thank you again for the nomination! Best wishes,” Lauren Bergman, Assistant Curator, Modern Art, LACMA, Los Angeles