2016 Award Finalists
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’s Finalists feature strong representation from New York – including three from the Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Moholy-Nagy: Future Present, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum
- Human Interests: Portraits, Whitney Museum of American Art
- Roberto Burle Marx: Brazilian Modernist, The Jewish Museum
- Atmosphere for Enjoyment: Harry Bertoia’s Environment for Sound, Museum of Arts and Design
- 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)
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. “Youniversal”, the twelfth award, recognizes the most popular nominee and is selected by public voting on the GFAA website.
Voting for the Youniversal Award, presented by Vastari, runs from October 26 and concludes on Sunday November 13. To vote for your favorite Nominee, go to the Youniversal page
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.
The Gala Committee is currently in formation and Gala tickets are now available to the public. Tickets may be purchased online through the Fiscal Sponsor of the GFAA program – Fractured Atlas.
CONGRATULATIONS to the 2016 GFAA Finalists!
Best Contemporary / Post-War – solo artists
Rauschenberg in China / Ullens Center for Contemporary Art (UCCA) / Beijing, China
Moholy-Nagy: Future Present / Solomon R. Guggenheim / NYC, USA
Barbara Hepworth: Sculpture for a Modern World / Kroller-Muller Museum, Tate Britain, Arp Museum /
Otterlo, Netherlands; London, England; Remagen, Germany
Best Contemporary / Post-War – group or theme
Revolution in the Making: Abstract Sculpture by Women, 1947 – 2016 / Hauser Wirth Schimmel Gallery / Los Angeles, USA
Human Interest: Portraits / Whitney Museum of American Art / NYC, USA
Contingent Beauty: Contemporary Art from Latin America / Museum of Fine Arts Houston / Houston, USA
Best Impressionist / Modern – solo artist
Degas: A New Vision / National Gallery of Victoria, Museum of Fine Arts Houston / Melbourne, Australia; Houston, USA
Joan Miro: Painting Walls, Painting Worlds / Schirn / Frankfurt, Germany
Georgia O’Keeffe / Tate Modern, Art Gallery of Ontario / London, England / Toronto, Canada
Best Impressionist / Modern – group or theme
Divine Beauty: from Van Gogh to Gauguin and Fontana / Palazzo Strozzi, The Vatican Museums / Florence, Italy
Painters of light. From Divisionism to Futurism / Fundación MAPFRE, Mart Museum / Madrid, Spain; Rovereto, Italy
The Lost Symphony: Whistler and the Perfection of Art / Smithsonian’s Freer and Sackler Galleries / Washington DC, USA
Jewel City: Art from San Francisco’s Panama-Pacific International Exposition / de Young / Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco / San Francisco, USA
Best Renaissance, Baroque, Old Masters, Dynasties – solo artist
The Tricentenniel of Giuseppe Castiglione’s Arrival in China / National Palace Museum / Republic of China (Taiwan)
(shared) Jheronimus Bosch – Visions of a Genius / Het Noordbrabants Museum/ Den Bosch, Netherlands;
(shared) Bosch. The 5th Centenary Exhibition / Museo del Prado / Madrid, Spain
Caravaggio and the Painters of the North / Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza / Madrid, Spain
Best Renaissance, Baroque, Old Masters, Dynasties – group or theme
Class Distinctions: Dutch Painting in the Age of Rembrandt and Vermeer / Museum of Fine Arts Boston / Boston, USA
Traversing the Globe through Illuminated Manuscripts / The J. Paul Getty Museum / Los Angeles, USA
Best Ancient Art
Pergamon and the Hellenistic Kingdoms of the Ancient World / The Met Fifth Avenue / NYC, USA
Sicily: culture and conquest / British Museum / London, England
Best Public Art
Olafur Eliasson / Palais de Versailles / Versailles, France
Christo and Jeanne-Claude: The Floating Piers / Lake Iseo / Lake Iseo, Italy
William Kentridge: Triumphs and Laments – A Project for Rome / River Tiber / Rome, Italy
Best Design
Manus x Machina: Fashion in an Age of Technology / The Met Fifth Avenue / NYC, USA
Atmosphere for Enjoyment: Harry Bertoia’s Environment for Sound / Museum of Arts and Design / NYC, USA
Roberto Burle Marx: Brazilian Modernist / The Jewish Museum / NYC, USA
Best Photography
(shared) Robert Mapplethorpe: The Perfect Medium / Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) / Los Angeles, USA
(shared) Robert Mapplethorpe: The Perfect Medium / The J. Paul Getty Museum / Los Angeles, USA
Diane Arbus: In the Beginning / The Met Breuer / NYC, USA
Strange and Familiar: Britain as Revealed by International Photographers / The Barbican / London, England
Burnt Generation: Contemporary Iranian Photography / Candlestar / London, England
Best Fringe / Alternative
Susan Philipsz: War Damaged Musical Instruments / Tate Britain / London, England
El Macro Mural Barrio de Palmitas / German Crew / Pachuca, Mexico
From Kandinsky to Pollock. The Art of the Guggenheim Collections / Fondazione Palazzo Strozzi and the Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation / Florence, Italy
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