International Awards for Art Criticism (IAAC) 3
The third edition of
these Awards for an exhibition review, in English or Chinese, will be open
for submissions from May 25 to September 25.
These annual Awards are now fully global. They are open to
candidates from anywhere in the world, writing in Chinese or English about
any contemporary art exhibition held between
September 20, 2015 and September 20,
2016.
(1) Three cash prizes will be
awarded, as follows:
–First prize:
6,000 euro plus a short visit to Shanghai for an essay, in English or
Chinese
–Joint second
prize: 2,000 euro for an essay in
Chinese
–Joint second
prize: 2,000 euro for an essay in English
(2) Around 20 of the shortlisted essays (10 in English
and 10 in Chinese) will be published in the original languages and in
translation
The Awards, which are judged
anonymously, aim to support independent critical coverage of contemporary
art, away from the immediate pressures of the market, media and private
patronage. They seek to stimulate good writing, critical thinking, dialogue
and research in China, the UK and worldwide. There is no age limit, and the
Awards are open to all. The objectivity of the selection process is
underpinned, both by the recognised professionalism of the Chinese and
English-speaking jury members and by the strict anonymity of the judging
process.
How to apply
Submissions
should be no longer than 1,500 words in English or 2,000 Chinese characters
in length. Where possible, but only if relevant, please include with your
submission a maximum of three images of the exhibition you are writing
about, all cleared for publication. Entries must be submitted as a single
PDF file no greater than 4MB—i.e. an
"optimised" pdf. The entire email should not be more
than 5MB and include
an entry form downloaded from the website. Publishing rights
of all texts must be assigned to the IAAC,
regardless of whether or not they have been previously published. All
entries will initially be sorted and shortlisted by the organisers and
academic partners in China and the UK, then translated into Chinese (for
English-language submissions) or English (for Chinese-language
submissions).
Enquiries and
submissions should be addressed, as follows:
Chinese-language: Shanghai 21st Century Minsheng Art Museum, 1929
ShiboDadao, 200126, Shanghai, T +86 21 61820539, iaac@21msms.com
English-language: School of Fine Art, Royal College of Art, 20
Howie Street, London, SW11 4AS, T +44 (0)20 7590 4423, iaac@rca.ac.uk
The Awards will be
adjudicated mid-November 2016 by a jury of five internationally recognised
critics, curators and art historians, as follows:
Ute Meta Bauer, Director, NTU Centre for Contemporary Art
Singapore
Brian Dillon, author, Reader in
Critical Writing, Royal College of Art and UK Editor of Cabinet magazine,
New York
David Elliott, independent curator
and writer, Berlin, London, Belgrade, Hong Kong
Philip
Tinari, Director, Ullens Center for Contemporary Art,
Beijing
Cao Yiqiang, Dean, China Academy of Arts,
Hangzhou and Chief Editor of New Art
The Awards are hosted by the Board of the not-for-profit
International Awards for Art Criticism Ltd. and organised by the Shanghai
21st Minsheng Art Museum (M21) and Anxin Trust Co. Ltd.-Artemis. They are
held in partnership with the Royal College of Art, London, the world's
number one ranked university of art and design, and in association with the
International Association of Art Critics (AICA), based in Paris, with its
64 sections and approx. 4,600 members, worldwide. The principal sponsors
are China Minsheng Banking Cooperation Ltd., the Shanghai Minsheng Art
Foundation and the Anxin Trust Co. Ltd., China.
Board members of the IAAC: Henry Meyric Hughes (chair), Lewis
Biggs, Juan Cruz, Ling Min; with an organising committee, incl. Gan Zhiyi
and Gao Chao.
The IAAC 2 publication, designed by
Stinsensqueeze, will come out at the end of June; it will take a digital
format & will be printed and distributed in China.
Submission deadline:
September 25, 2016
Shanghai 21st Century Minsheng
Art Museum
1929 ShiboDadao
200126, Shanghai
T
+86 2161820539
School of Fine
Art, Royal College of Art
20 Howie Street
London, SW11 4AS
T: +44 (0)20 7590 4423
iaac@rca.ac.uk
www.iaac-m21.org
As an international, nonpolitical, autonomous initiative, Rybon Art Center aims to promote innovation and experimentation of art among established and emerging artists and to explore the possibilities of exchanging ideas and knowledge across ethnic, regional and artistic borders.