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The tenth edition of the contemporary art fair at the Fortezza da Basso has came to an end, with over 10 thousand visitors. The satisfaction of the organisers.
 
With the award ceremony for the winning artists in the various categories, the tenth edition of the Florence Biennale - International Exhibition of Contemporary Art closes. The more than 1300 works on display, created by the 423 artists who came from 62 countries, were admired, discussed, commented on by about 10 thousand visitors who accepted the organisation's invitation. There was much applause for the artists awarded ‘lifetime achievement’ prizes (Marta Minujìn, Mario Carbone and Giampaolo Talani), just as the real star of this edition of the exhibition was the young Iranian artist (but transplanted to California) Morehshin Allahyari, who presented a resin copy of one of the works destroyed by the blind iconoclastic fury of ISIS, catalysing the attention of visitors and the media on her work.

After the evaluation process, the jury - composed of Elza Ajzenberg, Dominique Baechler, R. B. Bhaskaran, Francesco Buranelli, Pasquale Celona, Gregorio Luke, Maty Roca, Naoki Dan, Huang Du, Karen Lang and Enrico Vergnano - decided to award the ‘Lorenzo il Magnifico’ International Prize to:

PAINTING   

1 Award      Marissa Calbet (Spain), Houyao Sang  (China)

2 Award      Steffie Wallace (Australia), Wessel Huisman (Netherland)

3 Award      Yutian Wang (China), Maurizio Colombo (Italy)

4 Award       Alegria (Ecuador)

5 Award      Osvaldo Chiquesi (Brazil), Dhanur Goyal (India), Laurel Holloman (Usa), Marius Zabinsky (Belgium), Chu (Usa)

SCULPTURE

1 Award       Lautaro (Spain)

2 Award       Rivera Ortiz, Felipe (Puerto Rico), Deckelbaum, Kaya (Usa)

3 Award       Fragkou, Vasso (Greece), Collier, Betty (Australia), Menon, Dimpy (India)

4 Award       Del Deo, Romolo (Usa), Giblin, Louise  (United Kingdom), Plowright, Terrance   (Australia)

INSTALLATION ART

1 Award       Lenartz, Theo  (Netherland)

2 Award       Willemse, Emma (South Africa), Buczek, Malgorzata  (Poland)

3 Award       Chacin (Colombia)

4 Award       Darton, Sarka (Czech Republic / United Kingdom), Muszkat, Debora (Brazil), Yue Yanna – Xian Lei (China)

5 Award       Franca, Abadia (Brazil), Delia, Xhovalin (Italy), Milikouri, Mikaella (Cyprus)

WORKS ON PAPER

1 Award       Tongyao Zhu (China)

2 Award       Erjian Wang (China)

3 Award       Nettan Moren (Sweden)

4 Award       Shiihashi, Kazuko (Japan)

5 Award       Francis Antony Kodankadath (India), Jiro Unno (Japan), Xiaohai Zhao (China)

MIXED MEDIA   

1 Award           Pedro Sandoval (Spain)

2 Award           Ryota Matsumoto (Japan), Eiman Elgibreen (Saudi Arabia)

3 Award           Hugo Sotelo (Argentina), Judith Klein  (Hungary)

4 Award           Shazia Imran (Australia), Gustavo Fuentes Colon (Puerto Rico / Usa), Jose Oscar Torres Pereyra (Puerto Rico)

5 Award          Stefania Bertini (Italy), Bia Doria (Brazil), Kendra Frorup (Bahamas), Celia Rachel (Brazil)

PHOTOGRAPHY

1 Award            Vilson Palaro (Brazil)

2 Award            Hermes (United Kingdom)

3 Award            Carlos Caruso (Argentina)

4 Award            Evelyn Sadler (Usa / Argentina)

5 Award            Miki Turner  (Usa), Marilyn Payne Gottlieb (Usa), Marilyn Hutchinson (Australia), Wenjun Fu (China), Jack Jamon (France)

DIGITAL ART

1 Award            Umberto D’eramo (Italy)

2 Award            Chiara Lagostina (Italy), Andrea Prandi (Italy), Jun Lu (China)

3 Award            Shirley Plowright (Australia), Andrea Costantini   (Italy), Natalia Elena Massi (Italy), Kokoy Quinones (Mexico)

4 Award            Pauline Van De Ven (Netherland)

CERAMIC ART

1 Award            Sally Walk (Australia), Yingrui Liu   (China)

2 Award            Pao Tsai Lien (Taiwan), Gienglian Xu (China), Nora Almazrooa (Saudi Arabia)

3 Award            Elisa Anna Bono (Italy)

 
TEXTILE ART

1 Award            Yasumichi Nakagawa (Japan)

2 Award            Raffy T. Napay (Philippines)

3 Award            Alice Engel Levinson (Usa), Sanda Bucur (Romania)

4 Award            Ilie Mitrea (Romania)

JEWELLERY ART

1 Award             Noy Alon (Israel)

2 Award             Zijia Long (China)

3 Award             Laura Visentin (Italy)

4 Award            Farish Alborzkouh (Iran), Peggy Art (Italy)

VIDEO ART       

1 Award            Maro Verli (Greece)

2 Award            Amir Kabir Jabbari (Iran), Kaiyang Jiang (China), Ynin Shillo   (Israel)

3 Award            Walter Gaudnek (Usa)

Other special prizes and mentions went to Iraqi Fatima Al Obaidi (painting), Lucanian artist Donato Linzalata (sculpture), Chinese artist Chung Shang (painting), Indian artist Tinu Verghis (video art), Tuscan artist Franca Pisani who exhibited her works in the personal exhibition held in the Palazzo di Giustizia in Florence, and, in memory, to visual poet Luciano Caruso.

Florence Biennale looks forward to 2017, the year in which the 20th anniversary edition will be held, which promises to be full of substantial novelties.