2017 Youniversal Award and YOU-2 Award
The Youniversal Award
THANK YOU FOR VOTING! VOTING HAS OFFICIALLY CLOSED
Congratulations to Eleven (11) GFAA Nominees with the HIGHEST VOTES!
The GFAA nominee that received the most votes during the officially voting period will be crowned YOUNIVERSAL Award.
Who is the Youniversal Winner? Join us and find out live at the
GFAA Award Ceremony on MARCH 8, 2018.
(in random order.. your top 11 GFAA Nominees – and one IS the next Youniversal Award Winner)
Lawrence Alma-Tadema / Fries Museum, Belvedere Museum, Leighton House Museum / Leeuwarden, Netherlands / Vienna, Austria / London, England
The Discovery of Mondrian / Gemeentemuseum den Haag / The Hague, Netherlands
Maestro Mateo / Museo Nacional del Prado / Madrid, Spain
Remembering Antiquity: The Ancient World through Medieval Eyes / The J. Paul Getty Museum – Getty Center / Los Angeles, USA
Portrait of Emperor Hadrian at the Acropolis Museum / Acropolis Museum / Athens, Greece
A World of Emotions: Ancient Greece, 700 BC – 200 AD / Onassis Cultural Center New York / NYC, USA
The Garden – End of Times; Beginning of Times / ARoS Aarhus Kunstmuseum / Aarhus, Denmark
Perpetual Revolution: the Image and Social Change / International Center of Photography (ICP) / NYC, USA
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
Diane Tuft: The Arctic Melt / Marlborough Gallery / NYC, USA
Art Represent / Online Platform / global, England
YOU-2
Wait, there’s more!… there is another Award decided on by the public, called “YOU-2.” This year, Eleven GFAA Nominees were eligible to win, based entirely on the number of votes received during the Youniversal Award.
Vote for your favorite qualified “Top 11” Youniversal Nominee on twitter! VOTING on twitter took place for 3 days:
Feb 5, 6, and 7 (2/5/18 6am Eastern through 2/7/18 11:59pm)
Thank you for sharing the news! Tweet !
VOTING on twitter took place for 3 days only – Feb 5, 6, and 7 (2/5/18 6am Eastern through 2/7/18 11:59pm)
The rules:
- You must follow @fineartawards
- tweet the name of the Nominee with a hashtag #GFAAYOU-2
- must include @fineartawards and retweet the Youniversal video
- vote as many times as you would like
- If the GFAA Nominee follows @fineartawards as well, you earn double points
The results:
- The person with the most points wins a VIP ticket to March 8, 2018 GFAA Gala, including a ticket to the Panels and After-Party (value $1,000; travel expenses not included; winner will be announced on twitter by Feb 14, 2018- Happy Valentine’s Day! We love our followers!).
- The YOU-2 Winner (2nd place for Youniversal Award) will be announced live during the GFAA Award Ceremony next March.
Youniversal voting has ended! (Monday, January 15, 2018, 6am Eastern – Sunday, January 28, 11:59pm Eastern). All of the 85 Nominees were eligible to win, and voting took place here on the GFAA website! Everyone was able to vote once a day for their favorite Nominee. Based on YOUR votes, eleven (11) Nominees with the highest number of votes became eligible to win the prestigious YOU-2 Award.
Which of our 2017 Award Nominees will be the Winners? Join us and find out live at the GFAA Award Ceremony on MARCH 8, 2018.
CONGRATULATIONS TO THE TOP 10 GFAA Nominees for the 2016 Youniversal Award
(in random order)
- Barbara Hepworth: Sculpture for a Modern World / Kroller-Muller Museum, Tate Britain, Arp Museum / Otterlo, Netherlands; London, England; Remagen, Germany;
- Wyeth: Andrew and Jamie in the Studio / Denver Art Museum, Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum / Denver, USA; Madrid, Spain;
- Colour Unleashed. Modern Art in the Low Countries 1885-1914 / Gemeentemuseum Den Haag / The Hague, Netherlands;
- Jewel City: Art from San Francisco’s Panama-Pacific International Exposition / de Young / Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco / San Francisco, USA;
- (shared) Jheronimus Bosch – Visions of a Genius / Het Noordbrabants Museum/ Den Bosch, Netherlands/ (shared) Bosch. The 5th Centenary Exhibition / Museo del Prado / Madrid, Spain;
- Adriaen van de Velde: Master of the Dutch Landscape / Rijksmuseum / Amsterdam, Netherlands (and Dulwich Picture Gallery / London);
- Caravaggio and the Painters of the North / Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza / Madrid, Spain;
- Traversing the Globe through Illuminated Manuscripts / The J. Paul Getty Museum / Los Angeles, USA;
- Boris Godunov: From a Courtier to the Sovereign of all of Russia / The Moscow Kremlin / Moscow, Russia;
- A Labour of Love / The Museum of World Cultures / Frankfurt, Germany
The Youniversal Award, presented by Vastari
Please join us at the GFAA Award Ceremony and Gala – tickets are available now
Purchase your tickets HERE
Be among the first people in the world to discover the best exhibitions of the year.
Please support GFAA by attending our Award Ceremony and Gala – Thursday March 8, 2018. The culmination of the year-long process to discover the best curated art and design exhibitions will be the celebration of all Nominees and the presentation of the Winners of the 2017 Global Fine Art Awards (GFAA). The Award Ceremony will be held at the sumptuous 583 Park Avenue mansion in New York City.
Join the GFAA Leadership Team, Advisory Board and Judges as we celebrate this year’s nominees and reveal the winners of each award. Enjoy passed hors d’oeuvres, dinner and hosted bar.
Meet our “art star” celebrities – and share in the most important evening of the year for the Global Fine Art Awards program.
THANK YOU for voting to select the Youniversal and YOU-2 Awards.
Your voice selects the winners. The GFAA Nominee that received the most votes will be named the most popular exhibition of the year-
The Youniversal Award, presented by Vastari.
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