{"id":6244,"date":"2016-10-26T05:34:55","date_gmt":"2016-10-26T05:34:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/globalfineartawards.org\/wp\/?page_id=6244"},"modified":"2017-02-08T11:19:20","modified_gmt":"2017-02-08T11:19:20","slug":"2016-award-finalists","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/globalfineartawards.org\/index.php\/2016-award-finalists\/","title":{"rendered":"2016 Award Finalists"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/globalfineartawards.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/The-Met-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-6246\" src=\"http:\/\/globalfineartawards.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/The-Met-1.jpg\" alt=\"the-met\" width=\"235\" height=\"313\" srcset=\"http:\/\/globalfineartawards.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/The-Met-1.jpg 2448w, http:\/\/globalfineartawards.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/The-Met-1-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/globalfineartawards.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/The-Met-1-768x1024.jpg 768w, http:\/\/globalfineartawards.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/The-Met-1-960x1280.jpg 960w, http:\/\/globalfineartawards.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/The-Met-1-440x587.jpg 440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 235px) 100vw, 235px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>After a year-long review of over 2,000 exhibitions and public installations, 33 Finalists were selected from the official list of 78 Nominees.<\/p>\n<p>This year\u2019s Finalists feature strong representation from New York \u2013 including three from the Metropolitan Museum of Art<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Moholy-Nagy: Future Present, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum<\/li>\n<li>Human Interests: Portraits, Whitney Museum of American Art<\/li>\n<li>Roberto Burle Marx: Brazilian Modernist, The Jewish Museum<\/li>\n<li>Atmosphere for Enjoyment: Harry Bertoia\u2019s Environment for Sound, Museum of Arts and Design<\/li>\n<li>Manus x Machina: Fashion in an Age of Technology; and Pergamon and the Hellenistic Kingdoms of the Ancient World, Metropolitan Museum of Art (Met Fifth Avenue) and Diane Arbus: In the Beginning; The Metropolitan Museum of Art (Met Breuer)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>GFAA judges will select the winners from this slate of Finalists for 11 awards: Contemporary and Post-War (solo and group), Impressionist and Modern; Renaissance (solo and group), Baroque, Old Masters and Dynasties (solo and group), Ancient Art, Photography, Design, Fringe\/Alternative and Public or Outdoor Installation. \u201cYouniversal\u201d, the twelfth award, recognizes the most popular nominee and is selected by public voting on the GFAA website.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Voting for the Youniversal Award, presented by Vastari, runs from October 26 and concludes on Sunday November 13. \u00a0To vote for your favorite Nominee, go to the <a href=\"http:\/\/globalfineartawards.org\/wp\/index.php\/youniversal-award-2016\/\">Youniversal page<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The culmination of the year-long process to discover the best curated art and design exhibitions will take place on Saturday, February 11, 2017 with the celebration of all Nominees and the presentation of the Winners of the 2016 Global Fine Art Awards (GFAA). The black-tie gala will take place at the historic and resplendent National Arts Club, on Gramercy Park in New York City.<\/p>\n<p>The Gala Committee is currently in formation and Gala tickets are now available to the public. Tickets may be purchased <a href=\"http:\/\/globalfineartawards.org\/wp\/index.php\/2016-gala-tickets-information\/\">online<\/a> through the Fiscal Sponsor of the GFAA program \u2013 Fractured Atlas.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>CONGRATULATIONS to the 2016 GFAA Finalists!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Best Contemporary \/ Post-War \u2013 solo artists<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/ucca.org.cn\/en\/exhibition\/robert-rauschenberg-2\/\">Rauschenberg in China<\/a> \/ Ullens Center for Contemporary Art (UCCA) \/ Beijing, China<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.guggenheim.org\/exhibition\/moholy-nagy-future-present\">Moholy-Nagy: Future Present<\/a> \/ Solomon R. Guggenheim \/ NYC, USA<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/krollermuller.nl\/en-barbara-hepworth\">Barbara Hepworth: Sculpture for a Modern World<\/a> \/ Kroller-Muller Museum, Tate Britain, Arp Museum \/<br \/>\nOtterlo, Netherlands; London, England; Remagen, Germany<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Best Contemporary \/ Post-War \u2013 group or theme<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hauserwirth.com\/exhibitions\/2712\/revolution-in-the-making-br-abstract-sculpture-by-women-1947-y-2016\/view\/\">Revolution in the Making: Abstract Sculpture by Women, 1947 \u2013 2016<\/a> \/ Hauser Wirth Schimmel Gallery \/ Los Angeles, USA<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/whitney.org\/Exhibitions\/HumanInterest\">Human Interest: Portraits<\/a> \/ Whitney Museum of American Art \/ NYC, USA<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mfah.org\/exhibitions\/past\/contingent-beauty-contemporary-art-latin-america\/\">Contingent Beauty: Contemporary Art from Latin America<\/a> \/ Museum of Fine Arts Houston \/ Houston, USA<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Best Impressionist \/ Modern \u2013 solo artist<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ngv.vic.gov.au\/exhibition\/degas\/\">Degas: A New Vision<\/a> \/ National Gallery of Victoria, Museum of Fine Arts Houston \/ Melbourne, Australia; Houston, USA<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.schirn.de\/en\/exhibitions\/2016\/joan_miro\/\">Joan Miro: Painting Walls, Painting Worlds<\/a> \/ Schirn \/ Frankfurt, Germany<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.tate.org.uk\/whats-on\/tate-modern\/exhibition\/georgia-okeeffe\">Georgia O&#8217;Keeffe<\/a> \/ Tate Modern, Art Gallery of Ontario \/ London, England \/ Toronto, Canada<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Best Impressionist \/ Modern \u2013 group or theme<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.palazzostrozzi.org\/mostre\/divinebeauty\/?lang=en\">Divine Beauty: from Van Gogh to Gauguin and Fontana<\/a> \/ Palazzo Strozzi, The Vatican Museums \/ Florence, Italy<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/revistalafundacion.com\/marzo2016\/en\/the-exhibit\/\">Painters of light. From Divisionism to Futurism\u00a0<\/a>\/ Fundaci\u00f3n MAPFRE, Mart Museum \/ Madrid, Spain; Rovereto, Italy<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/si.edu\/Exhibitions\/Details\/The-Lost-Symphony-Whistler-and-the-Perfection-of-Art--6050\">The Lost Symphony: Whistler and the Perfection of Art<\/a> \/ Smithsonian&#8217;s Freer and Sackler Galleries \/ Washington DC, USA<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/deyoung.famsf.org\/jewel-city\">Jewel City: Art from San Francisco&#8217;s Panama-Pacific International Exposition<\/a> \/ de Young \/ Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco \/ San Francisco, USA<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Best Renaissance, Baroque, Old Masters, Dynasties \u2013 solo artist<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/theme.npm.edu.tw\/exh104\/giuseppecastiglione\/en\/index.html\">The Tricentenniel of Giuseppe Castiglione&#8217;s Arrival in China<\/a> \/ National Palace Museum \/ Republic of China (Taiwan)<\/p>\n<p>(shared<a href=\"http:\/\/boschexpo.hetnoordbrabantsmuseum.nl\/en\/de-expositie\">) Jheronimus Bosch <\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/boschexpo.hetnoordbrabantsmuseum.nl\/en\/de-expositie\">\u2013 <\/a>\u00a0Visions of a Genius \/ Het Noordbrabants Museum\/ Den Bosch, Netherlands;<\/p>\n<p>(shared) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.museodelprado.es\/en\/whats-on\/exhibition\/bosch-the-centenary-exhibition\/f049c260-888a-4ff1-8911-b320f587324a\">Bosch. The 5th Centenary Exhibition<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.museodelprado.es\/en\/whats-on\/exhibition\/bosch-the-centenary-exhibition\/f049c260-888a-4ff1-8911-b320f587324a\">\/<\/a> Museo del Prado \/ Madrid, Spain<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.museothyssen.org\/microsites\/exposiciones\/2016\/Caravaggio\/index_en.html\">Caravaggio and the Painters of the North<\/a> \/ Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza \/ Madrid, Spain<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Best Renaissance, Baroque, Old Masters, Dynasties \u2013 group or theme <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mfa.org\/exhibitions\/class-distinctions\">Class Distinctions: Dutch Painting in the Age of Rembrandt and Vermeer<\/a> \/ Museum of Fine Arts Boston \/ Boston, USA<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.getty.edu\/art\/exhibitions\/globe\/\">Traversing the Globe through Illuminated Manuscripts<\/a> \/ The J. Paul Getty Museum \/ Los Angeles, USA<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Best Ancient Art<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.metmuseum.org\/press\/exhibitions\/2016\/pergamon\">Pergamon and the Hellenistic Kingdoms of the Ancient World<\/a> \/ The Met Fifth Avenue \/ NYC, USA<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.britishmuseum.org\/whats_on\/exhibitions\/sicily.aspx\">Sicily: culture and conquest<\/a> \/ British Museum \/ London, England<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Best Public Art<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com\/olafureliasson.net\/misc\/downloads\/Versailles\/DP_OLAFUR_ELIASSON_2016-bd.pdf\">Olafur Eliasson<\/a> \/ Palais de Versailles \/ Versailles, France<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.christojeanneclaude.net\/projects\/the-floating-piers#.V2QLibsrLIU\">Christo and Jeanne-Claude: The Floating Piers<\/a> \/ Lake Iseo \/ Lake Iseo, Italy<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.tevereterno.it\/\">William Kentridge: Triumphs and Laments &#8211; A Project for Rome<\/a> \/ River Tiber \/ Rome, Italy<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Best Design<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.metmuseum.org\/exhibitions\/listings\/2016\/manus-x-machina\">Manus x Machina: Fashion in an Age of Technology<\/a> \/ The Met Fifth Avenue \/ NYC, USA<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/madmuseum.org\/exhibition\/atmosphere-enjoyment\">Atmosphere for Enjoyment: Harry Bertoia&#8217;s Environment for Sound<\/a> \/ Museum of Arts and Design \/ NYC, USA<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/thejewishmuseum.org\/exhibitions\/roberto-burle-marx-brazilian-modernist\">Roberto Burle Marx: Brazilian Modernist<\/a> \/ The Jewish Museum \/ NYC, USA<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Best Photography<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>(shared) <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lacma.org\/mapplethorpe#about\">Robert Mapplethorpe: The Perfect Medium<\/a> \/ Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) \/ Los Angeles, USA<\/p>\n<p>(shared) <a href=\"http:\/\/www.getty.edu\/art\/exhibitions\/mapplethorpe\/\">Robert Mapplethorpe: The Perfect Medium<\/a> \/ The J. Paul Getty Museum \/ Los Angeles, USA<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.metmuseum.org\/exhibitions\/listings\/2016\/diane-arbus\">Diane Arbus: In the Beginning<\/a> \/ The Met Breuer \/ NYC, USA<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.barbican.org.uk\/artgallery\/event-detail.asp?ID=17922\">Strange and Familiar: Britain as Revealed by International Photographers<\/a> \/ The Barbican \/ London, England<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mocp.org\/exhibitions\/2016\/04\/burnt-generation.php\">Burnt Generation: Contemporary Iranian Photography<\/a> \/ Candlestar\u00a0\/ London, England<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Best Fringe \/ Alternative<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.tate.org.uk\/whats-on\/tate-britain\/exhibition\/susan-philipsz-war-damaged-musical-instruments\">Susan Philipsz: War Damaged Musical Instruments<\/a> \/ Tate Britain \/ London, England<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.artnet.com\/art-world\/palmitas-mexican-neighborhood-becomes-germen-crew-mural-319947\">El Macro Mural Barrio de Palmitas<\/a> \/ German Crew \/ Pachuca, Mexico<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.palazzostrozzi.org\/mostre\/guggenheim-2\/?lang=en\">From Kandinsky to Pollock. The Art of the Guggenheim Collections<\/a> \/ Fondazione Palazzo Strozzi and the Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation \/ Florence, Italy<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">#####<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>For all media inquiries:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>KWITTKEN\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Rita Larchar<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"mailto:gpedriani@kwittken.com\">rlarchar@kwittken.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p><u>646 747 0099<\/u><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After a year-long review of over 2,000 exhibitions and public installations, 33 Finalists were selected from the official list of 78 Nominees. This year\u2019s Finalists feature strong representation from New York \u2013 including three from the Metropolitan Museum of Art Moholy-Nagy: Future Present, Solomon R. 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