THE GLOBAL ART AWARDS 2020 SHANGHAI EDITION
Press Release: 2nd September 2020.
After two successful Global Art Awards ceremonies in Dubai, organisers take the awards to Shanghai this year! Running parallel to the Shanghai International Art Fair the jury will be announcing the winners of the third international art awards competition live from Shanghai on 21st November 2020 hosted by the Governments of Shanghai, Jiangsu Province, Zhejiang Province and Anhui Province. The awards are open to artists and galleries worldwide. They can submit for nomination online to win one of the 8 categories prizes and trophies.
SHANGHAI INTERNATIONAL ART FAIR
The Global Art Awards, dubbed as the ‘Oscars of the Visual Arts’ are now in their third edition. The ceremony of the awards will be held parallel to the Shanghai International Art Fair (SIAF) which is once again part of the successful Yangtze River Delta International Cultural Industries Expo (iCiE) held at the National Exhibition and Convention Center Shanghai (NECC) one of Shanghai's landmark buildings. Celebrating the development of the region’s cultural industries, hosted by the Government of Shanghai with a visitor number of 120,000, including 25,000 professional buyers, making it the largest cluster for international cultural trade. Despite the Covid-19 situation the government of Shanghai is positively going forward with the necessary measurements taken.
GET NOMINATED
The awards are open to art professionals worldwide in 8 categories: Painting Figurative, Painting Realism, Painting Abstract, Photography, Sculpture, Illustration, Mixed-Media/Graffiti and Digital. You can submit in more than 1 category. It is easily done here.
“It will be an honour for our Nominees to be part of such a great event.” says organiser Ms Joëlle Dinnage.
She continues: “The ceremony will be live streamed from the Bund, Shanghai with its amazing backdrop of the city’s iconic business district skyline. The Finalists do not have to attend in person as Covid-19 has made travelling a little tricky. So for this years’ event we have integrated live-streaming of the ceremony. The winners will then be announced. Each winner will receive the winnings by post, and will have the chance to sent in a thank you video, which will be broadcasted on all our channels, including to the press in Shanghai.”
VOTING
Everyone is invited to vote online on the Global Art Awards website here. From the top 100 most voted the jury will announce the Finalists on 10th November 2020. Winners will then be announced on the 21st November as per live stream directly from Shanghai which can be watched live on the Global Art Awards instagram and our facebook pages.
THE PRIZES
Winners of The Global Art Awards 2020 will receive a trophy, a title to claim for live, free exhibition opportunity at the next Shanghai International Art Fair, along with promotions and international press - all worth more than $ 10,000 USD in each of the eight categories.
“Everyone that participates has the opportunity to shine and stand out.” says Ms Dinnage.
“The Global Art Awards were created to honour and generate public recognition of the achievements and positive contributions of artists, galleries, and art professionals worldwide. Awarding the outstanding artist live to the public and press, giving the winners the recognition that they deserve, boosting their career and a 'Best Global Artist' title to claim for the rest of their career.”
SUCCESS STORIES
Some of the success stories of previous winners are phenomenal! Artists have grown from attic hobby painters to selling in art galleries worldwide for tens of thousands of dollars a piece. Great successes have been established after winning the awards, also by ‘Toni Sanchez’ a painter from Spain. He has won in both the first as well as the second edition of the awards, and had pieces of his works commissioned by His Highness Sheikh Saeed Bin Tahnoun. His artworks are now hanging in H.H. palace in Al Ain, United Arab Emirates.
WATCHING THE AWARDS LIVE FROM SHANGHAI
On 21st November the livestream of the Awards Ceremony directly from Shanghai will be shown on our Facebook and Instagram so everyone can join the ceremony in realtime.
You can meet the Jury here. The Awards are supported by Artnet, The Wall Street Journal, ArtPrice and Aesthetic Magazine.
To enter the competition please submit your nomination here. And you can vote for your favourite here.
We like to thank www.theshanghaiartfair.com for this wonderful partnership.
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