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AICA picks top shows for 2000-01 - Front Page - International Association of Art Critics, United States - Brief Article
Art in America, Feb, 2002
The U.S. chapter of the International Association of Art Critics (AICA) recently presented its awards for the best shows of the 2000-01 season. Some 400 members cast ballots for their top picks. The William Kentridge exhibition, organized by the Hirshhorn Museum in Washington, D.C. (where it debuted), the Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, and the New Museum of Contemporary Art in New York, won for best museum show originating outside New York City.
"Modern Art and America: Alfred Stieglitz and his New York Galleries," at the National Gallery of Art, took second place. The Japan Society's traveling Yoko Ono retrospective won for best museum show originating in New York City, with the Museum of Modern Art's Andreas Gursky show placing second. The award for best show in a commercial gallery went to Olafur Eliasson at Tanya Bonakdar in Manhattan, with Vija Celmins at McKee placing second. The Fairfield Porter show at AXA/Equitable Gallery in New York won honors for best show in an alternative or public place; the Beverly Semmes show at Philadelphia's Fabric Workshop came in second in that category. The Bronx Museum's Willie Cole exhibition took first place for best show of an underknown or emerging artist; Richard Kalina's show at Lennon, Weinberg came in second. The award for the best photography show went to "Behind Closed Doors: The Art of Hans Bellmer" at New York's International Center of Photography. The Walker Evans show at the Metropolitan Museum took second place. The Museum of Contemporary Art in L.A. won first prize for best architecture or design show for its R.M. Schindler exhibition, while the Frank Gehry survey at the Guggenheim Museum placed second. The award for best new media show was given to the Bill Viola exhibition at James Cohan Gallery in New York; Shirin Neshat at Barbara Gladstone took second.
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