2020 Open Call for Submissions (closes JUL 31, 2020)
SUBMIT YOUR FAVORITE EXHIBITION OF THE YEAR TODAY!
***Announcing the NEW GFAA Award Category***
Best Digital Exhibition or Educational Program!!!
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 seventh edition.
Each year, art organizations and individuals are invited to submit nominations for these and all categories of the GFAA program (until 7/31/20). To qualify for the 7th Annual GFAA Awards, the exhibition or installation must begin between August 1, 2019 and July 31, 2020.
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.
Open Call 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. THANK YOU! for your participation.
Selection and Voting
The Nominating Committee convenes to review the list of all potential nominees, and deliberates to select a proposed slate.
Then, the GFAA Judges review the proposed slate, then make additions and deletions to create the official list of nominees. This year’s nominees will be announced in by early November.
GFAA will announce the Nominees via press release, and on the GFAA website in September. The Winners are announced live in NYC at the award ceremony in Spring 2021.
Two additional awards, Youniversal and YOU-2, are determined by online and social media public voting. All Nominees are eligible to win these coveted awards.
The Award Categories
- Contemporary or Post-War – solo artist
- Contemporary or Post-War – theme or group
- Impressionist or Modern – solo artist
- Impressionist or Modern – theme or group
- Renaissance, Baroque, Old Masters or Dynasties – solo artist
- Renaissance, Baroque, Old Masters or Dynasties – theme or group
- Ancient Art
- Public Art
- Design
- Photography
- Fringe
- Global Planet
- Global Humanity
- Best Digital Exhibition or Online Education Program – NEW in 2020
GFAA Judges
The GFAA Jury is comprised of these highly-esteemed art professionals:
- Savita Apte, Art historian and lecturer specializing in Modern and Contemporary South Asian Art
- James M. Bradburne, Director General of the Pinacoteca di Brera and the Biblioteca Braidense, Milan
- Gina Costa, Art historian and curator, previously at the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Art Institute of Chicago
- Joe Lin-Hill, Deputy Director of the Albright-Knox Art Gallery
- Dean Phelus, American Alliance of Museum’s Senior Director of Leadership Programs
(Judge emeritus)
- Peter Trippi, Editor-in-chief Fine Art Connoisseur magazine
GFAA Research Committee
- Chair Kimberly Lin– BA in Art History in modern and contemporary art from the UC Berkeley; Degree in fashion design from Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising; 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
- Viktoria Szanto, Master’s candidate in Arts and Culture Management at King’s College London; BA in Art History and Comparative Literature student at the University of St. Andrews
GFAA 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
- Peter Trippi– Editor-in-Chief, Fine Art Connoisseur magazine; GFAA Judge Emeritus
- Salwa Mikdadi– Associate Professor of Art History, NYU Abu Dhabi
- Patricia Lannes– Founder of Cultures and Literacies through Art for the 21st Century; Chair, 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
Key dates and information
- Open call: Web-based submissions ended Jul 31, 2020, 11:59 p.m. Eastern
- To qualify for the 7th Annual GFAA awards, the exhibition or installation must begin between August 1, 2019 and July 31, 2020.
- (note: traveling exhibitions may enter the competition, with acknowledgement shared with partner institutions).
- Selected submissions will receive notification of their status by September 15, 2020.
- GFAA will issue a press release announcing the Nominees in September 2020.
- GFAA will celebrate all Nominees and announce the Winners in Spring 2021.
- Application fee: $225
What Selected Nominees receive
All Nominees will be featured in extensive marketing, social media, public relations and permanently on the GFAA website. Additionally, GFAA creates uniquely curated videos for the most popular Nominees , which will be presented at the Award Ceremony, on the website and social media channels. Select Nominees are invited to the Award Ceremony in Spring 2021, when the Winners will be revealed.