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• Premio Graziadei 2016: Alessandro Calabrese and The Cool Couple Win Photography Prize award

  The fifth edition of the Premio Graziadei, held within the Fotografia Festival Internazionale di Roma, awarded two photography projects at the Macro museum in Rome on December 14,…

• Paola Gribaudo Honored as Accademico d'Onore by Accademia Albertina award

  Paola Gribaudo, a Turin-based publisher renowned for her art books, was awarded the title of Accademico d'Onore by the Accademia Albertina di Belle Arti in Turin. The ceremony…

• Dezeen ranks The Floating Piers as top public art installation of 2016 award

  Dezeen magazine ranked Christo's The Floating Piers as the best public art installation of 2016. The colossal project was installed for 16 days in June on Lake Iseo, connecting…

• Paolo Fresco Wins 2015 Palazzo Strozzi Renaissance Man Award award

  Paolo Fresco, former manager of General Electric and Fiat, has been named the 2015 Palazzo Strozzi Renaissance Man of the Year. The award, created by the US-based representative…

• Unione Industriali Napoli Centenary: Art Prize and Events award

  The Unione Industriali Napoli celebrates its 100th anniversary in 2017 with a series of events aimed at highlighting the relationship between Naples and its industries. Three main…

• Bob Dylan to Skip Nobel Ceremony, Accused of Arrogance award

  Bob Dylan will not attend the Nobel Prize in Literature ceremony on December 10, 2016, citing pre-existing commitments. The Swedish Academy learned of his absence only days before…

• Ellsworth Kelly Receives Posthumous J. Paul Getty Award 2016 award

  The J. Paul Getty Award 2016 was awarded posthumously to Ellsworth Kelly (1923–2015) and cellist Yo-Yo Ma. Kelly, a key figure in geometric abstraction and Hard Edge Painting, had…

• Douglas Gordon Receives Efebo d'Oro Award in Palermo award

  Scottish artist Douglas Gordon (Glasgow, 1966) was awarded the Efebo d'Oro prize in Palermo on December 3, 2016, at the Cantieri Culturali alla Zisa. The award recognizes the…

• Fondazione Fotografia di Modena launches open call for artists under 40 on art and politics award

  Fondazione Fotografia di Modena has announced a new open call for artists under 40, with a deadline of December 11, inviting them to explore the relationship between art and…

• Atelier del Paesaggio Wins Mantua's Parco dell'Arte Competition award

  Mantua, the 2016 Italian Capital of Culture, has been enhancing its territory and the art-nature relationship through initiatives promoting art immersed in nature. Parco dell'Arte…

• World Architecture Festival 2016: Berlin Winners Announced award

  The World Architecture Festival (WAF) 2016 took place in Berlin from November 16-18, showcasing innovative pneumatic structures and temporary partitions. The event attracted over…

• 10 finaliste per Capitale Italiana della Cultura 2018 award

  Dieci città italiane sono finaliste per il titolo di Capitale Italiana della Cultura 2018. La giuria, guidata da Stefano Baia Curioni, annuncerà il vincitore il 31 gennaio 2017.…

• Adrian Paci Receives 2016 Art for Peace Award Founded by Umberto Veronesi award

  On November 18, 2016, the Art for Peace Award was conferred upon Albanian artist Adrian Paci at a conference at Bocconi University in Milan. The award, established in 2009 by the…

• ZAPRUDER filmmakersgroup Wins Maxxi Prize in Rome award

  ZAPRUDER filmmakersgroup has won the eighth edition of the Premio Maxxi in Rome with their work Zeus Machine, a raised golden parallelepiped that appears as a mysterious object…

• Rossella Biscotti and Adelita Husni-Bey Win Top Prizes at Rome Quadriennale award

  The 16th Quadriennale d'arte di Roma awarded its two main prizes to women for the first time in the event's history. Rossella Biscotti won the Premio Quadriennale 16 (€20,000) for…

• Artissima and The Others Award 11 Prizes in Turin award

  At Artissima 2016, seven prizes were awarded, while The Others fair gave four. The illy Present Future Prize went to Cécile B. Evans (Galerie Barbara Seiler, Zurich) for 'What the…

• Franz Erhard Walther Receives 2016 Kunstpreis Aachen Award award

  In 2016, artist Franz Erhard Walther was awarded the Kunstpreis Aachen, a biennial prize recognizing contributions to international art. The award, which includes a 10,000 euro…

• Young Talent Architecture Award Winners Announced at Venice Biennale award

  The first Young Talent Architecture Award (YTAA) has been conferred at the Teatro Piccolo Arsenale in Venice during the 15th Architecture Biennale. The winners are Iwo Borkowicz…

• Albert Serra's 'La Mort de Louis XIV' Wins Jean-Vigo Prize award

  Albert Serra's film 'La Mort de Louis XIV' has been awarded the Prix Jean-Vigo 2016. The film, described as a macabre, ironic, and cruel comedy, depicts the suffering and…

• Ettore Alloggia: From Collector to Mecenate with Premio Claudio award

  Ettore Alloggia, born in Rome on July 6, 1956, runs an IT company and has been a collector since 1997, starting when he needed to furnish his new home. Introduced to art by…

• NCTM Law Firm Launches Artists-in-Residence Grants for Italian Artists Abroad award

  NCTM, a prominent Italian law firm with over 250 professionals and offices in Milan, Rome, Verona, London, Brussels, and Shanghai, has launched the eighth edition of its 'nctm e…

• Eric Wesley Wins Artisti per Frescobaldi, Anicka Yi Takes Hugo Boss Prize award

  On the same date, two significant art awards were revealed. Eric Wesley, born in Los Angeles in 1973, received the 2016 Artisti per Frescobaldi accolade at GAM – Galleria d'Arte…

• Aoki|Isaac Archives Art Competition Concludes Seventh Year with Jury and Public Awards award

  The Aoki|Isaac Archives art competition has completed its seventh annual edition. This egalitarian contest features dual award categories determined by both a professional jury…

• Kader Attia Wins 2016 Prix Duchamp, France's Top Art Award award

  Kader Attia, who was born in 1970 in Dugny, has been awarded the prestigious 16th Prix Duchamp, France's foremost accolade for artists, which includes a €35,000 prize. This…

• Rome's Hdrà Launches Employee-Voted Art Prize award

  Hdrà, a leading Italian integrated communications firm whose clients include Alitalia, Raicinema, Enel, Pirelli, Poste Italiane, and Coca Cola, has launched the first edition of…

• ArtVerona 2016: Premi, acquisizioni e novità dalla fiera veronese award

  Il 16 ottobre durante ArtVerona 2016, sono stati rivelati i vincitori dei premi della fiera. Il Premio Ottella for GAM, del valore di 15.000 euro, è stato assegnato a Treasure…

• Christiane Löhr Wins 19th Pino Pascali Prize award

  Christiane Löhr, a German artist and former student of Jannis Kounellis, has been awarded the 19th edition of the Premio Pascali. The jury, composed of Rosalba Branà (director of…

• Bob Dylan Wins 2016 Nobel Prize in Literature award

  In 1941, Bob Dylan made history by becoming the first singer-songwriter to be honored with the 108th Nobel Prize in Literature. The Swedish Academy awarded him this distinction…

• Riccardo Giacconi Wins ArteVisione Prize with Video on Alberto Camerini award

  Riccardo Giacconi (b. 1985, San Severino Marche) has won the third edition of ArteVisione, a prize created by Sky Italia and Careof to support young Italian art, with his video…

• Elizabeth LeCompte Wins $300,000 Gish Prize award

  The Dorothy and Lillian Gish Prize, one of the most lucrative awards for individual artists, has been awarded to Elizabeth LeCompte, a pioneer of experimental theater and founding…

• illycaffé sponsors Quadriennale di Roma with €20,000 prize for under-35 artists award

  The 16th Quadriennale di Roma is set to take place at Palazzo delle Esposizioni from October 13, 2016, to January 8, 2017, after an eight-year hiatus, with illycaffé as a sponsor.…

• Damien Hirst's Newport Street Gallery Wins 2016 Stirling Prize award

  During Frieze week in London, the Newport Street Gallery, designed by Caruso St John and owned by Damien Hirst, was awarded the 2016 RIBA Stirling Prize for the finest British…

• Palazzo Fortuny's 'Proportio' Wins Best Exhibition at 2015 Leading Culture Destinations Awards award

  The 'Proportio' exhibition, held at Palazzo Fortuny in Venice from May 9 to November 22, 2015, received the title of Best Exhibition of the Year 2015 at the Leading Culture…

• Ottella for GAM: New Acquisition Prize Launches at ArtVerona 2016 award

  At the 2016 edition of ArtVerona, running from October 14 to 17 at Veronafiere, a new acquisition prize called Premio Ottella for GAM was introduced. The prize, endowed with…

• Heung-soon Im Wins Silver Lion at Venice Biennale award

  Heung-soon Im is among the few video artists in South Korea, gaining international recognition after winning the Silver Lion at the Venice Biennale. Alongside Chan-kyong Park,…

• Francesco Comello Wins World Report Award at Festival della Fotografia Etica award

  The sixth edition of the World Report Award. Documenting Humanity has announced its winners, with the awards ceremony set to take place during the seventh edition of the Festival…

• Game of Thrones Dominates 2016 Emmy Awards award

  At the 68th Primetime Emmy Awards held on September 18, 2016, at the Microsoft Theatre in Los Angeles, Game of Thrones won the award for Outstanding Drama Series, along with…

• La La Land Wins Toronto Audience Award, Bolstering Oscar Prospects award

  At the 2016 Toronto International Film Festival, Damien Chazelle's musical La La Land, featuring Ryan Gosling and Emma Stone, secured the Audience Award for Best Feature Film.…

• Culturability Awards 50,000 Euros Each to Five Cultural Projects award

  The Fondazione Unipolis has awarded 50,000 euros each to five projects selected through its Culturability call, aimed at regenerating abandoned or underused spaces with high…

• 2016 Praemium Imperiale Winners Announced award

  The Japan Art Association has announced the winners of the 2016 Praemium Imperiale, one of the world's richest art prizes. The laureates are Cindy Sherman (USA) for painting,…