The American section of the International Association of Art Critics, of which I am a member, is just out with its annual exhibition awards, and here are some of the winners. (Entire list, covering exhibitions from June ’09 through June ’10) is here, including the runners-up in each category.)
Best Project in a Public Space:
“Cai Guo-Qiang: Fallen Blossoms” (left) — Organized by the Fabric Workshop and Museum and Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA; Curated by Marion Boulton Stroud, Carlos Basualdo, and Adelina Vlas
Best Show in a Non–profit Gallery or Space:
“Leon Golub: Live & Die like a Lion?” — Organized by The Drawing Center, New York, NY; Curated by Brett Littman
Best Show in a University Gallery:
“Heat Waves in a Swamp: The Paintings of Charles Burchfield” — Organized by the Hammer Museum of Art, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA; Curated by Robert Gober
Best Monographic Museum Show, Nationally:
“Matisse: Radical Invention, 1913-1917” — Organized by the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL and the Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY; Curated by Stephanie D’Alessandro and John Elderfield
Best Thematic Show, Nationally:
“Seductive Subversion: Women Pop Artists, 1958-1968” (Chryssa’s Ampersand IV at right) — Organized by Rosenwald-Wolf, Hamilton Hall & Borowsky Galleries, University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA; Curated by Sid Sachs
Best Historical Museum Show, Nationally:
“Yves Klein: With the Void, Full Powers” — Organized by the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington D.C. and the Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN; Curated by Kerry Brougher and Philippe Vergne
Other categories include museum and gallery shows in New York, best shows in architecture/design, best shows in media/film, and so on.
(I voted in some categories, but not in those in which I had seen too few of the entries.)
The awards ceremony take place at the Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art on March 14 2011 at 6 p.m. — it’s open to the public.
Photo Credits: Courtesy of the University of the Arts (bottom)