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• Premio MigrArti Debutta alla 73a Mostra del Cinema di Venezia award

  Il Premio MigrArti, supportato dal Ministero per i Beni Culturali, è stato annunciato durante la 73a Mostra Internazionale d'Arte Cinematografica di Venezia. Questo riconoscimento…

• Jeanne Gang Wins Architect of the Year 2016, Discusses AMNH Expansion and Urban Towers award

  Jeanne Gang, awarded Architect of the Year 2016 by The Architectural Review's Women in Architecture Awards for the Arcus Center for Social Justice Leadership, spoke at the…

• Yuri Ancarani Wins Special Jury Prize at Locarno Film Festival award

  At the 2016 Locarno Film Festival, Italian artist and filmmaker Yuri Ancarani received the Special Jury Prize Ciné+ Cineasti del presente for his documentary 'The Challenge'. The…

• GAM Torino and Spinola Banna launch joint call for young artists award

  Since its inception in 2004, Fondazione Spinola Banna per l'Arte in Poirino has invited emerging artists to engage in creative exploration through residencies and workshops each…

• Columbia Threadneedle Prize approda in Italia alla Strozzina di Firenze award

  Alessandro Aspesi, head of the foundation associated with Columbia Threadneedle Investments, a British asset management firm operating in 18 countries with assets totaling $420…

• RIBA Stirling Prize 2016 Shortlist Announced award

  The RIBA Stirling Prize 2016 shortlist features six projects, with a strong emphasis on educational architecture. Half of the nominees are school buildings, continuing a trend…

• Altaroma and Vogue Italia Crown Winners of Who Is On Next? 2016 award

  Winners of the 2016 Who Is On Next? competition, hosted by Vogue Italia and Altaroma, have been revealed. The judging panel featured notable figures such as Franca Sozzani, Suzy…

• Second Edition of Khaled al-Asaad Award Announced at Paestum award

  The second edition of the Khaled al-Asaad Award, promoted by the Borsa Mediterranea del Turismo Archeologico and Archeo magazine, will be presented on October 28 in Paestum during…

• Ahmad Naser Sarmast Wins Cultural Heritage Rescue Prize 2016 award

  The second Cultural Heritage Rescue Prize, awarded by Associazione Priorità Cultura, was given to Afghan musicologist Ahmad Naser Sarmast in Spoleto. Francesco Rutelli, president…

• Milo Rau Wins 2016 ITI Germany Prize award

  Swiss playwright and director Milo Rau, born in 1977, was awarded the 2016 prize by the German Centre of the International Theatre Institute on April 10. The jury cited the…

• IED Student Wins Swiss Cross Textile Award 2016 award

  Valeria Papagni, a third-year student at IED Moda Milano, won the Swiss Cross Textile Award 2016 with her project Alpstreck. The award ceremony took place on June 21, 2016, at the…

• 57th Bice Bugatti-Giovanni Segantini Prize: Cuban artist José Rosabal wins career award award

  For the first time in 57 editions, the Premio alla Carriera Bice Bugatti – Giovanni Segantini was awarded to a non-Italian artist: Cuban painter José Rosabal (born 1935 in…

• Platea Prize for New Italian Playwriting Launches with Einaudi Publication award

  The Fondazione Platea has announced the Platea Prize for new Italian dramaturgy, aimed at contemporary playwrights who engage with a complex and contradictory world through…

• EMYA 2017: European Museum of the Year Award call for entries award

  The European Museum of the Year Award (EMYA) 2017 is accepting applications until June 24. Organized by the European Museum Forum under the patronage of the Council of Europe…

• Method Design's Hypnotic Video Animation for AICP Awards award

  Method Design studio released a mesmerizing video animation for the 2016 AICP Awards, the most prestigious prize in advertising. The video features a series of avatars made from…

• Compagnia di San Paolo announces winners of ORA! contemporary arts grant award

  The Compagnia di San Paolo in Turin has selected 20 projects for the first edition of its ORA! contemporary arts grant, with a total budget increased from €550,000 to €740,000.…

• Christo receives Celebration of Lives Award ahead of Floating Piers opening award

  Christo, the Bulgarian-born Land Art master, was honored with the Celebration of Lives Award 2016 by the Biografilm Festival in Bologna. The award, presented by festival director…

• Ceretto and Campari Win Premio Gavi La Buona Italia 2016 award

  The second edition of the Premio Gavi La Buona Italia 2016 awarded the Ceretto family of Alba for their integration of contemporary art and modern architecture into their…

• Wael Shawky Wins Inaugural Mario Merz Prize, Film Premieres in Zurich award

  Wael Shawky has been awarded the first edition of the Mario Merz Prize, with his film Al Araba Al Madfuna III premiering in Zurich during Manifesta 11. The film is the third part…

• Jonathan Lyndon Chase Wins artcritical Prize at Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts award

  Jonathan Lyndon Chase received the artcritical prize during the Annual Student Exhibition at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts. This award, now in its second year, is…

• Salone del Mobile Milano Award 2016 Winners Announced award

  On June 7, 2016, the Salone del Mobile Milano Award was launched to celebrate innovative design, with its first winners announced about six weeks after the furniture fair in Rho.…

• Alberto Tadiello Wins Mastrotto Prize for Arzignano Monument award

  Alberto Tadiello has won the Arciso Mastrotto memoria e futuro competition to create a monument for a roundabout in Arzignano, Italy. The sculpture, over 2 meters tall and made of…

• Italian Team Wins IK Prize 2016 for AI Art Project Recognition award

  A team of artists and researchers from Fabrica, Benetton Group's communication research center in Villorba, Italy, has won the 2016 IK Prize with their project Recognition. The…

• Xiaoyu Weng Wins Bonaldi Prize, Curates 'Soft Crash' at GAMeC award

  Xiaoyu Weng, who serves as the associate curator of Chinese art at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York, has been awarded the eighth Lorenzo Bonaldi Prize for Art –…

• Andrea Mastrovito and Nicolas Deshayes Win Ermanno Casoli Prize and Battaglia Foundry Sculpture Prize award

  Andrea Mastrovito and Nicolas Deshayes have been awarded the Ermanno Casoli Prize and the Battaglia Foundry Sculpture Prize, respectively. The Ermanno Casoli Prize, now in its…

• Spain Wins Golden Lion at 15th Venice Architecture Biennale award

  Spain has been awarded the Golden Lion for best national participation at the 15th Venice Architecture Biennale. Additional recognitions went to Japan, Paraguay, Peru, Brazil,…

• Paolo Puddu Wins Castel Sant'Elmo Site-Specific Art Competition award

  Paolo Puddu, an artist from Naples born in 1986, emerged victorious in the fifth edition of 'Un'Opera per il Castello' with his artwork titled 'Follow the shape'. This piece will…

• Ken Loach Wins Palme d'Or at Cannes 2016 award

  Ken Loach won the Palme d'Or at the 2016 Cannes Film Festival for his film 'I, Daniel Blake', ten years after his previous win for 'The Wind That Sweeps the Wind'. At 80, he was…

• Valerio Rocco Orlando Wins VII Premio Fondazione VAF at MACRO Rome award

  Valerio Rocco Orlando, who hails from Milan and was born in 1978, has won the prestigious award at the VII edition of the Premio Fondazione VAF. This exhibition is currently on…

• Diego Marcon Wins Inaugural Club GAMeC Prize award

  Diego Marcon (Busto Arsizio, 1985) has won the first edition of the Club GAMeC Prize, announced by GAMeC director Giacinto di Pietrantonio. His winning work, Untitled (Head…

• Premio Gallarate's 25th Edition Features Nine Artists at Museo MA*GA award

  On May 15, 2016, the Museo MA*GA in Gallarate launches the 25th iteration of the Premio Nazionale Arti Visive. Established in 1949, this initiative aims to enhance the modern art…

• Battaglia Foundry Sculpture Prize Launches First Edition for Emerging Bronze Artists award

  The Fonderia Artistica Battaglia in Milan, founded in 1913, has launched the first international edition of the Battaglia Foundry Sculpture Prize, aimed at emerging talents in…

• Santu Mofokeng Wins Inaugural International Photography Prize in Modena award

  The first edition of the International Photography Prize in Modena, with a jury chaired by Filippo Maggia, has awarded South African photographer Santu Mofokeng (Johannesburg,…

• Cristina Vatielli Wins Sony World Photography Award for Picasso's Women Series award

  Italian photographer Cristina Vatielli (Rome, 1983) won second place in the Staged Photography category at the 2016 Sony World Photography Awards, announced during the ceremony in…

• Paulo Mendes da Rocha Receives Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement at 2016 Venice Architecture Biennale award

  The 15th Venice Architecture Biennale, titled 'Reporting from the Front' and curated by Alejandro Aravena, has awarded the Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement to Brazilian…

• Gea Casolaro Wins Eternot Park Commission in Casale Monferrato award

  Gea Casolaro has won the public art competition for the Eternot Park in Casale Monferrato, a site formerly occupied by the Eternit asbestos factory. Her proposal, 'Vivaio…

• Fondazione Enel and American Academy in Rome Launch $250K Architecture Fellowship award

  A five-year agreement worth $250,000 has been established between the American Academy in Rome and Fondazione Enel to promote studies in architecture and urban landscapes. This…

• Salvatore Sciarrino Receives Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement at Venice Biennale award

  The Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement in music has been awarded to Sicilian composer Salvatore Sciarrino by the Venice Biennale. Biennale Music Director Ivan Fedele praised…

• Pomilio Blumm Prize: TV Contest for Contemporary Art on Sky Arte HD award

  Sky Arte HD and communication firm Pomilio Blumm have launched the Pomilio Blumm Prize, a television contest for contemporary art airing from May 2, 2016. The four-episode series…

• Silvia Camporesi Wins BNL Prize at MIA Fair with Prison Archive Photo award

  Silvia Camporesi won the BNL Gruppo BNP Paribas prize at MIA Fair in Milan, sponsored by the bank for five years. The jury included Gianluigi Colin (Corriere della Sera art…