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• PIPA Prize 2021 Winners Announced with Exhibition at Paço Imperial award

  The PIPA Prize revealed its 2021 winners, launching an exhibition at Rio de Janeiro's Paço Imperial. This edition explored themes ranging from ancestral traditions to emerging…

• Uffizi Wins Award for Inclusive 'Uffizi per tutti' Project award

  The Uffizi Galleries in Florence have received a major award for their 'Uffizi per tutti' (Uffizi for Everyone) project, which aims to make the museum's collections accessible to…

• Collectors Steven Bennett and Elaine Schmidt Promote Women Realist Artists Through Prize and Museum Donation award

  Art collectors Steven Alan Bennett and Dr. Elaine Melotti Schmidt established The Bennett Collection of Women Realists® in 2009, focusing on figurative realist paintings by female…

• Dahye Jeong Wins Loewe Foundation Craft Prize 2022 award

  South Korean artist Dahye Jeong (Jeju, 1989) won the Loewe Foundation Craft Prize 2022 for a basket made of horsehair using a 500-year-old technique previously thought lost. The…

• Australian Museum Wins National Awards for First Nations Exhibition at AMaGA Conference award

  The Australian Museum (AM) received multiple awards, including the major overall award, for its exhibition 'Unsettled' at the Australian Museum and Galleries Association (AMaGA)…

• IX Premio Cultura+Impresa winners announced at ADI Design Museum in Milan award

  The ninth edition of Premio Cultura+Impresa, established in 2013 by Federculture and The Round Table with backing from Fondazione Italiana Accenture and ALES Ministero della…

• Five archaeological discoveries compete for 2021 International Archaeological Discovery Award award

  The Paestum Archaeological Exchange has revealed the five major archaeological finds of 2021 that are contenders for the eighth International Archaeological Discovery Award. The…

• Giovanni Gastel's final film portrait of Compasso d'Oro winner Francesco Binfaré premieres at La Scala award

  A film portrait by photographer Giovanni Gastel and Uberto Frigerio captures designer Francesco Binfaré, winner of the Compasso d'Oro alla Carriera. The film, one of Gastel's last…

• Iris Ceramica Group Launches International Prize for Ceramics award

  The Iris Ceramica Group Foundation has established the Premio Iris Ceramica Group, a new international art prize dedicated to ceramics. The prize aims to support both emerging…

• ALA Art Prize, Henraux Sculpture Award, and More: June 2022 Italian Art Prizes award

  In June 2022, Italy revealed various awards for contemporary art. The ALA Art Prize recognized Alberto Tadiello for his work Luciferasi (2022) in its second edition, with the…

• Nastri d'Argento 2022: 'È stata la mano di Dio' wins Best Film award

  The 2022 Nastri d'Argento awards, organized by the Sindacato Nazionale Giornalisti Cinematografici Italiani (SNGCI), were announced. The most awarded film was 'Nostalgia' by Mario…

• Fatmata Binta Wins Basque Culinary World Prize for Nomadic Fulani Cuisine award

  Fatmata Binta, a Sierra Leonean chef born in 1980, has won the 2022 Basque Culinary World Prize, marking the first time the award has gone to Africa. The prize, established in…

• Italian Architecture Awards: Winners Announced at MAXXI and Palazzo Reale award

  The winners of the Italian Architecture Prize and the Tuscan Architecture Prize (PAT) have been revealed, igniting discussions surrounding the GRANDE MAXXI competition.…

• Nastri d'Argento Serie 2022: vincono Muccino e Ozpetek award

  Il 4 giugno 2022, il Palazzo Reale di Napoli ha ospitato la seconda edizione dei Nastri d'Argento, dedicata alla serialità televisiva. Tra i premiati, 'A casa tutti bene' di…

• Triangle of Sadness wins Palme d'Or at Cannes 2022 award

  The 75th Cannes Film Festival jury, led by Vincent Lindon, awarded the Palme d'Or to Ruben Östlund's Triangle of Sadness, a social satire targeting the fashion world and the…

• Giulio Bensasson Wins Inaugural Conai Prize for Art and Sustainability award

  Giulio Bensasson has won the first Premio Conai, a new award linking contemporary art to environmental sustainability, announced on May 17, 2022, at the opening of the exhibition…

• Lizard Island Research Grant Funds Coral Taxonomy Study Led by James Cook University award

  The Lizard Island Reef Research Foundation has awarded its 2022 Critical Research Grant to Professor Andrew Baird from James Cook University's ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral…

• Arte Fiera 2022: All Awards Announced During Bologna Art Week award

  The 2022 edition of Arte Fiera in Bologna concluded with multiple awards presented to artists and galleries. Max Frintrop won the Premio BMPS Collection for his painting Unlock…

• Piero Siena Preis: New Award for South Tyrolean Artists award

  The first edition of the Premio Piero Siena Preis has named Nicolò Degiorgis, Silvia Hell, and Claudia Corrent as winners. The award, promoted by the Ufficio Cultura della…

• Jon Batiste's 'Freedom' video and Grammy triumph award

  Jon Batiste, the 1986-born jazz pianist from Metairie, Louisiana, earned a record 11 Grammy nominations for his second album 'We Are', winning five awards—more than any other…

• Professor Julie Bines Wins 2021 Eureka Prize for Rotavirus Vaccine Research award

  Professor Julie Bines, a paediatric gastroenterologist at Melbourne's Royal Children's Hospital and University of Melbourne, received the 2021 Eureka Prize for Infectious Diseases…

• David di Donatello 2022: È stata la mano di Dio wins Best Film award

  The 67th David di Donatello awards ceremony took place at Cinecittà in Rome, hosted by Drusilla Foer and Carlo Conti. Paolo Sorrentino's È stata la mano di Dio won Best Film and…

• NABA offers over 30 scholarships for master's programs in Milan and Rome award

  NABA, Nuova Accademia di Belle Arti, has launched a competition for over 30 partial tuition scholarships covering its two-year Specialization Programs (Bienni Specialistici) and…

• Fondazione Italia Patria Bellezza Announces 2022 Grant Winners award

  The second edition of the Fondazione Italia Patria Bellezza grant has named four winners from 140 submissions across Italy. Two winners receive €30,000 each, while two others get…

• Chanel Next Prize Awards €100,000 to 10 Artists with No Strings Attached award

  Chanel has launched the Chanel Next Prize, a biennial award granting €100,000 each to ten interdisciplinary creatives with no restrictions on how the money is spent. The prize was…

• Grafton Architects Wins EU Mies Award 2022 for Kingston University Town House award

  Grafton Architects, established by Yvonne Farrell and Shelley McNamara, received the EU Mies Award 2022 for their Town House located at Kingston University in London. This…

• Simone Leigh Wins Golden Lion at 2022 Venice Biennale award

  The 59th Venice Biennale commenced on April 23, 2022, featuring awards presented by an international jury appointed by curator Cecilia Alemani. The Golden Lion for Best National…

• Andrea Castelletti Wins Gold Label at Vinitaly for Cossignani Wine Design award

  Graphic designer Andrea Castelletti (San Benedetto del Tronto, 1985) received the 'etichetta d’oro' (gold label) award at the 26th edition of Vinitaly for his label design of…

• Cracking Art redesigns Telegatto statuette for sustainable era award

  The iconic Telegatto award, Italy's Gran Premio Internazionale dello Spettacolo, returns with a contemporary makeover by the Cracking Art movement. Founded in 1993, Cracking Art…

• David di Donatello 2022 Nominations Announced award

  The nominations for the 2022 David di Donatello Awards were announced, covering films released in Italian cinemas from March 1, 2021, to February 28, 2022. The ten best Italian…

• Oscar-winning animated short 'The Windshield Wiper' features Italian animator Marco Regina award

  The animated short film 'The Windshield Wiper' won the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film on March 27, 2022. Written, directed, and animated by Spanish filmmaker Alberto…

• 94th Academy Awards: 'CODA' Wins Best Picture, Will Smith Slaps Chris Rock award

  The 94th Academy Awards, held on March 27, 2022, at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles, saw 'CODA' win Best Picture, with Jane Campion taking Best Director for 'The Power of the…

• Biennale Arte 2022: International Jury Announced for Venice Awards award

  The Board of Directors of the Venice Biennale, on the recommendation of curator Cecilia Alemani, has appointed the international jury that will award the Golden Lions at the 59th…

• Pesaro Named Italian Capital of Culture 2024 award

  In a recent announcement in Rome, Minister of Culture Dario Franceschini revealed that Pesaro will be the Italian Capital of Culture for 2024. The city was selected from a pool of…

• Diébédo Francis Kéré Wins 2022 Pritzker Architecture Prize award

  Diébédo Francis Kéré, who hails from Gando, Burkina Faso, was born in 1965 and has received the prestigious 2022 Pritzker Architecture Prize. The jury, led by Alejandro Aravena, a…

• Nove finalisti under 40 per il Premio Fondazione VAF 2022 award

  La Fondazione VAF ha annunciato i nove artisti italiani under 40 che sono in corsa per il suo premio biennale, giunto alla nona edizione. La mostra dei finalisti si terrà dal 11…

• East Contemporary Wins Opening by Allianz Award at ARCOmadrid 2022 award

  Milan-based gallery East Contemporary won the Opening by Allianz award at ARCOmadrid 2022 for its booth featuring Polish artist Ania Bak (b. 1984) and Lebanese artist Nour Jaouda…

• Italian photographer Cristiano Vendramin wins Wildlife Photographer of the Year People's Choice Award award

  Cristiano Vendramin, a Venetian photographer and lawyer, has won the Wildlife Photographer of the Year People's Choice Award, organized by the Natural History Museum in London.…

• FigurArsi contest for teenage creatives on solidarity gestures award

  The FigurArsi contest, organized by Fondazione di Comunità Milano with Fondazione Milano Scuole Civiche and Afol Metropolitana, invites teenagers aged 16 to 18 to interpret 'Gesti…

• Ivrea Named Italian Book Capital 2022 award

  Ivrea, a city in Piedmont, has been awarded the title of Capitale Italiana del Libro 2022. The announcement was made during a press conference attended by Culture Minister Dario…