2017 Award Nominations – Process and Timing

The GFAA program conducts extensive research throughout the year, reviewing over 2,000 exhibitions worldwide – digitally, editorially, and live.

Global Fine Art Awards (GFAA) is the first annual award program ever created to recognize the best curated art and design exhibitions and installations around the world.  The research and judging criteria are innovation and excellence in exhibition design, historical context, educational value, and public appeal. This year is the fourth edition.

Art Research Process

Throughout the year, the GFAA Art Research Committee searches to identify the best exhibitions and installations across the globe.  The basis for the research and selection of nominees is ongoing and thorough review of over 50 sources of art editorial and critique. More than 2,000 exhibitions are vetted during the process.

In addition to the research-based nominations, GFAA accepts open calls from museums, biennials, fairs, galleries and other art organizations. Individual patrons may nominate as well.

The fourth edition of the Global Fine Art Awards (GFAA) program will recognize Award Nominees in 15 categories.

GFAA judges will ultimately select the winners from the final slate of Nominees for 13 of these award categories: 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.

The program has expanded this year to include 2 new awards – Global Planet and Global Humanity.

“Youniversal”, and YOU-2 are the final awards, recognizing the most popular nominees selected by public voting on the GFAA website and social media. Voting will take place in January, 2018.

Our research, nominating and judging selection criteria are (as always) – excellence and innovation in:

Exhibition Design

Historical Context

Educational Value

Public Appeal

For eligibility in the 2017 edition, each nominated work must open between Aug 1, 2016 and Jul 31, 2017. Exhibitions that have already traveled to other venues, and/or will travel are eligible.

Timeline

• May 1 to June 10: Open Call. This is an extremely important and exciting part of the process.  Open call submissions may also be made by any individual or institution
• Jun 10 – Jun 30 GFAA Art Research Committee and Nominating Committee Chair to review open call entries and integrate with GFAA research.
• Jul 1 – Jul 31, the Nominating Committee reviews the proposed slate.
• Aug 1 – Aug 30 Judging: Nominee slate approval; Finalist voting round 1; Winners selection round 2
• Oct 17, 2017 Official GFAA Announcement of Nominees
• Jan 2018 GFAA Announcement of Finalists; launch of Youniversal Award voting 

GFAA 2017 Research Committee

• Chair Kimberly Lin- BA in Art History with an emphasis on modern and contemporary art from the University of California at Berkeley; Degree in fashion design from Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising; completed Post War Contemporary Art program, Sotheby’s London
• Renee Farina- Biennale di Firenze (Florence) International Selection Committee; Gallery owner; formerly of Christie’s Masters, Modern and Contemporary Departments, NYC, former GFAA Research Committee Chair

GFAA 2017 Nominating Committee

• Chair Betsie Piussan- MBA from NYU; BA Stanford University, studied at l’Université de Paris and l’Ecole du Louvre, Design Certificate NY School of Interior Design
• Stefano Rabolli Pansera- GFAA Global Humanity Award Chair, Director Hauser & Wirth London
• Peter Trippi- Editor-in-Chief, Fine Art Connoisseur magazine; GFAA Judge Emeritus
• Salwa Mikdadi- Associate Professor of Art History, NYU Abu Dhabi
• Gina Quan- Asian Director for Gerber Stauffer Fine Arts, Zurich-based fine art advisory firm
• Patricia Lannes- Founder of CALTA21 (Cultures and Literacies through Art for the 21st Century); Chair of the Global Latino Network AAM
• (Emeritus) Terence Riley- Architect, former Director at MoMA New York and Miami Art Museum

• (Emeritus) Tiffany Chestler- Director of Cultural Programming at DACRA and Craig Robins art collection

The culmination of the year-long process to discover the best curated art and design exhibitions will take place March 8, 2018 with the celebration of all Nominees and the presentation of the Winners of the 2017 Global Fine Art Awards (GFAA). Tickets are available online NOW