Best Shows of 2005-06

The U.S. chapter of the International Association of Art Critics (AICA) recently presented its awards for the best exhibitions of the 2005-06 season. Winning top honors for best monographic museum show nationally was "Robert Rauschenberg: Combines" organized by the Los Angeles Museum of Contemporary Art; second place went to "The Art of Richard Tuttle," at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. The award for best thematic museum show nationally was presented to "Dada," co-organized by the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., and the Pompidou Center in Paris, in collaboration with New York's MOMA. "The Societe Anonyme: Modernism for America," organized by the Yale University Art Gallery, took second place. The award for best historical show went to "Vincent Van Gogh: The Drawings," organized by New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam.

First place for best monographic museum show in New York City went to "David Smith: A Centennial" at the Guggenheim Museum, while the Jewish Museum's "Eva Hesse: Sculpture" came in second. "The Downtown Show: The New York Scene, 1974-1984" at the Grey Art Gallery won for best thematic museum show in New York; "Snap Judgments: New Positions in Contemporary Photography" at the International Center of Photography placed second.

William Kentridge's show at Marian Goodman Gallery won for best exhibition in a New York commercial gallery, while a show featuring David Ireland, Jess, and AI Souza at Moody Gallery in Houston won for best show in a commercial gallery nationally. A selection of Donald Judd works from the Judd Foundation, presented by Christie's auction house prior to sale, won the award for best show in a temporary or alternative space; Apex Art in New York took second place in that category for "Neo Sincerity."

A posthumous realization of Robert Smithson's Floating Island to Travel Around Manhattan Island, organized by Minetta Brook with the Whitney Museum and the artist's estate, won honors for best show in a public space. "Andrea Zittel: Critical Space," co-organized by the Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston, and the New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York, was voted best architecture or design show. Second prize in that category went to the Zaha Hadid survey at the Guggenheim. Marina Abramovic's series of performances at the Guggenheim won for best exhibition of time-based art.

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