U.S. Art Critics Announce Award Winners

Art Business News, March, 2001

NEW YORK--The International Association of Art Critics/USA recently presented its 1999-2000 Awards.

Each year, the U.S. Section of the association invites its nearly 400 members to vote for the best exhibitions and catalogs produced during that season. The 1999-2000 Winning Exhibitions and Catalogs included:

BEST MUSEUM SHOW OUTSIDE NEW YORK CITY

FIRST PLACE--" Sol LeWitt: A Retrospective," at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art; Gary Garrels, curator.

SECOND PLACE--"In Memory of My Feelings: Frank O'Hara and American Art," at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles; curated by Russell Ferguson, associate curator

BEST MUSEUM SHOW IN NEW YORK CITY

FIRST PLACE--"1900: Art at the Crossroads," at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum of Art; curated by Robert Rosenblum, curator of 20th-century art; organized with the Royal Academy of Arts, London

SECOND PLACE--"The Worlds of Nam June Paik," at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum of Art; curated by John Hanhardt, senior curator, film and media arts

BEST SNOW IN A COMMERCAL GALLERY

FIRST PLACE--"Jenny Saville," at Gagosian Gallery, New York City

SECOND PLACE--"Ursula von Rydingsvard: Sculpture" at Galerie Lelong, New York city

BEST SHOW IN AN ALTERNATIVE OR PUBLIC SPACE

FIRST PLACE--"The Prinzhorn Collection: Traces upon the Wunderbloch," at the Drawing Center, New York City; curated by Catherine de Zegher, director

SECOND PLACE--"The End: An Independent Vision of Contemporary Culture 1982-2000," at Exit Art, New York City; curated by Jeanette Ingberman and Papo Colo, directors

BEST SHOW OF AN UNDER-KNOWN OR EMERGING ARTIST

TIE FOR FIRST PLACE--"VALIE EXPORT: Ob/De Con(Struction)," at the Galleries at Moore College, Philadelphia; curated by Elsa Longhauser, director; and "Lee Mullican: Selected Drawings 1945-1980s," at the UCLA Hammer Museum, Los Angeles; curated by Ann Philbin, director

SECOND PLACE--"Pat Oleszko: The Errant Space Museum," at the Ezra and Cecile Zilkha Gallery, Wesleyan University, Middletown, Conn.; curated by Nina Felshin, curator of exhibitions

BEST PHOTOGRAPHY SHOW

FIRST PLACE--"Inverted Odysseys: Claude Cahun, Maya Deren and Cindy Sherman," at the Grey Art Gallery, New York University, and the Museum of Contemporary Art, Miami; curated by Lynn Gumpert, director, Grey Art Gallery, and Shelley Rice, independent curator

SECOND PLACE--"Vic Muniz," at Brent Sikkema and Ubu Gallery, New York City

BEST ARCHITECTURE OR DESIGN SHOW

FIRST PLACE--"The Unprivate House," at the Museum of Modern Art, New York City; curated by Terence Riley, chief curator, Department of Architecture and Design

SECOND PLACE--"The Work of Charles and Ray Eames: A Legacy of Invention," at the Library of Congress, Washington D.C.; curated by Donald Albrecht, associate curator, Cooper Hewitt Museum; organized in partnership with the Vitra Design Museum, Berlin, Germany

BEST VIDEO SHOW

FIRST PLACE--Introjection: Tony Oursler Mid-Career Survey, 1976-1999," at the Williams College Museum of Art, Williamstown, Mass.; curated by Deborah Rothschild, curator

SECOND PLACE--"Pipilotti Rist," at Luhring Augustine Gallery, New York City

BEST EXHIBITION CATALOG

FIRST PLACE--" 1900: Art at the Crossroads," the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum of Art, by Robert Rosenblum and Mary Anne Stevens, senior curator, Royal Academy of Arts, with an introduction by Ann Dumas, independent art historian

SECOND PLACE--"The Bruce Connor Story, Part II" the Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, by Peter Boswell, Bruce Jenkins and Joan Rothfuss.