2021 Youniversal & YOU-2 Awards - Global Fine Art AwardsGlobal Fine Art Awards

May the best exhibition win! Let the public decide!

Announcing the GFAA Youniversal Award! All 116 GFAA Nominees were eligible to be crowned this year’s Youniversal Award winner.

The nominee receiving the most votes will receive the award. Second place will receive the final GFAA award, entitled YOU-2!

THANK YOU FOR VOTING!

Voting took place April 26 – 30, 2021 here on the GFAA website.

Together with the 15 juried awards, all 17 award winners will be revealed on facebook during the award ceremony:

Tuesday, MAY 18 noon NYC/6pm Paris!

LINK to the GFAA Facebook page to join the award ceremony on May 18, 2021!

About GFAA and the 7^th edition GFAA Nominees

The GFAA program conducts extensive year-round research of curated exhibitions and installations across the globe, designating awards for group and themed exhibitions, as well as awards for solo artist shows. This year GFAA has selected 116 nominees which represent works in 6 continents, 31 countries and 68 cities. This edition features a new award, Best Digital Exhibition or Online Educational Program, reflecting the current global conditions precipitated by the corona virus.

Exemplified by the two awards launched in 2017 – Global Planet and Global Humanity, GFAA is determined to continue to illuminate the best works produced every year voicing the connection of art and global concerns.

Geographic, scale, ethnic and gender diversity are essential in the GFAA research and nominee selection:

35 total collaborations, an unprecedented number of shows involving multiple institutions
21% of this year’s Nominees are in or about the art and artists of Asia, Africa and the Middle East
78% of the Best Photography category are by women artists or include women artists
32% of the Nominees are women in two of the highest profile categories – Best Contemporary and Post-War Art, (deceased), Best Contemporary and Post-War Art, (living)
Less than half of the GFAA Nominees included in Best Contemporary and Post-War Art, (deceased), Best Contemporary and Post-War Art, (living) are exhibitions by European or North American white males (42%)
Less than half of the GFAA Nominees exhibited in the top 100 art museums visited in the world (The Art Newspaper, April 2017), whereas the majority emanate from smaller institutions and other venues

This year, our GFAA Judges selected 15 Winners – one in each of the following award categories: Contemporary and Post-War- solo artist (deceased); Contemporary and Post-War- solo artist (living); Contemporary and Post-War- group or theme; Impressionist and Modern- solo artist; Impressionist and Modern- group or theme; Renaissance, Baroque, Old Masters and Dynasties- solo artist; Renaissance, Baroque, Old Masters and Dynasties- group or theme; Ancient Art; Photography; Design; Fringe; Public Art, Global Planet, Global Humanity and Digital (new in 2020). Youniversal, and YOU-2 are the two final awards, are given to the most popular nominees, and are selected by public voting on the GFAA website and social media.