2017 Award Winners
Congratulations to the 2017 Global Fine Art Award Winners!
GFAA 2017 Video
1. Global Planet
Andy Goldsworthy / Lifetime / global; England
2. Global Humanity
Shirin Neshat: The Home of My Eyes / Museo Correr / Venice, Italy
3. Best Contemporary / Post-War -Solo Artist
Yayoi Kusama: Infinity Mirrors / Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Seattle Art Museum / Washington DC and Seattle, USA
4. Best Contemporary / Post-War -Solo Artist
Abstract Expressionism / Royal Academy, Guggenheim Bilbao / London, England; Bilbao, Spain
5. Best Impressionist and Modern (1838-WWII) – Solo Artist
Medardo Rosso: Experiments in Light and Form / Pulitzer Arts Foundation / St. Louis, USA
6. Best Impressionist and Modern (1838-WWII) – Group or Theme
Revolution: Russian Art 1917-1932 / Royal Academy of Arts / London, England
7. Best Renaissance, Baroque, Old Masters and Dynasties (1200 – 1838) – Solo Artist
Raphael: The Drawings / Ashmolean Museum / Oxford, England
8. Best Renaissance, Baroque, Old Masters and Dynasties (1200 – 1838) – Group or Theme
Remembering Antiquity: The Ancient World through Medieval Eyes / The J. Paul Getty Museum – Getty Center / Los Angeles, USA
9. Best Ancient Art (BC – approx 1200)
Age of Empires: Chinese Art of the Qin and Han Dynasties (221 B.C-A.D 220) / The Metropolitan Museum of Art / NYC
10. Best Public or Outdoor Installation/Exhibition
The Garden – End of Times; Beginning of Times / ARoS Aarhus Kunstmuseum / Aarhus, Denmark
11. Best Design
Frank Lloyd Wright at 150: Unpacking the Archive / Museum of Modern Art / NYC, USA
12. Best Photography
Perpetual Revolution: The Image and Social Change / International Center of Photography (ICP) / NYC, USA
13. Best Fringe / Alternative Exhibition
The Islamic Treasures of Africa. From Timbuktu to Zanzibar / Institut du Monde Arabe / Paris, France
Honorable mention:
Farideh Lashai: When I Count, There Are Only You… But When I Look, There Is Only a Shadow / Museo del Prado and The British Museum / Madrid, Spain; London, England
14. Youniversal
A World of Emotions: Ancient Greece, 700 BC – 200 AD / Onassis Cultural Center New York / NYC, USA
Honorable mention:
Lawrence Alma-Tadema / Fries Museum, Belvedere Museum, Leighton House Museum / Leeuwarden, Netherlands / Vienna, Austria / London, England
15. YOU-2
Lawrence Alma-Tadema / Fries Museum, Belvedere Museum, Leighton House Museum / Leeuwarden, Netherlands / Vienna, Austria / London, England
Only Finalists were eligible to win the Award in their respective category, but all 85 Nominees were eligible to win the Youniversal and YOU-2 Awards- decided on by popular votes. The Youniversal Award, presented by Vastari, represents the most popular exhibition of the year.
The thirteen juried awards and two public awards were presented live on March 8, 2018 at the 4th Annual Award Ceremony and Gala held at 583 Park Avenue, a historic New York landmark.