首届VIP MFA艺博会
由VIP在线艺博会推出的首届VIP MFA艺博会6月1日正式亮相，展会将一直持续至6月8日。VIP MFA是首个致力于支持和鼓励年轻艺术家进入艺术市场的评审式在线艺博会。随着各国艺术院校的学生们开始筹备他们的艺术硕士毕业展，VIP MFA也将着力展示由最有天赋的艺术硕士们创作的优秀作品。
由六位世界知名的评委组成的评审团从一批邀请参加和公开征集的申请者中挑选出了100位艺术家参加展会。至申请截止日止，共有来自25个国家58所学校的380位年轻艺术家被他们的导师甄选出来代表他们的学校，这其中包括了格拉斯哥艺术学校、 Sir JJ School of Art（印度）、Escola de BelasArtes/UFRJ（巴西）以及美国视觉艺术学院（SVA）等等。被评委挑选出来的艺术家可以在VIP MFA上展出5至10件作品，连同他们的艺术家声明和每件作品的简要介绍一起（当然，展出作品都是可以出售的）。另外，评审团还将从这100位艺术家中挑选出最佳的三位进行奖励，第一、二、三名连同他们的学院一起会分别获得1.5万美元、1万美元和5000美元的奖金。
组成评审团的六位评委分别是来自White Columns的Matthew Higgs、来自ICI的Kate Fowler、来自Wattis Institute的Jens Hoffmann、来自Hunter College的Joachim Pissarro以及艺术家戴安娜-阿尔-哈迪德（Diana Al-Hadid）和张鸥。VIP在线艺博会的首席执行官Lisa Kennedy表示：“VIP MFA将年轻艺术家与我们正不断壮大的收藏家与当代艺术经销商群体联系在了一起。由他们的导师提供支持再由评委进行审核——这些学生将会以新一代人的代表的身份影响艺术界的现状，他们很快将被策展人、批评家以及学者要求来共享他们的洞察力。”
以下是将有学生参展的58所艺术院校的名单
Academia San Carlos, UNAM
Alfred University-New York State College of Ceramics
Art Center College of Design, Pasadena
Bard College, NY
California College of the Arts
California Institute of the Arts
Chelsea College of Art and Design
China Academy of Art
China Central Academy of Fine Arts (CAFA)
Columbia College Chicago
Columbia University School of the Arts
Cranbrook Academy of Art, Michigan
Ecole des Beaux-Arts, Geneva
EcoleNationaleSupZrieure des Arts Visuels de La Cambre
Elam School of Fine Arts, University of Auckland
Escola de BelasArtes/UFRJ, Rio de Janeiro
Fine Art School in Athens
Glasgow School of Art
Goldsmiths, University of London
Helwan University, El Cairo
HochschulefYrGestaltung und Kunst, InstitutKunst, Basel
Hunter College D CUNY, NY
Johannes Gutenberg-UniversitStKunsthochschule, Mainz
KoninklijkeAcademievoorSchoneKunstenAntwerpen
Lasalle College of Arts, Singapore
Maryland Institute College of Art
Michaelis School of Fine Art, Cape Town
National Art School, Sydney
New York Academy of Art
Oslo National Academy of the Arts
Parsons, The New School for Design
Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile
Pratt Institute
Rhode Island School of Design
Rochester Institute of Technology
Royal College of Art, London
Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts
Ruskin School of Drawing and Fine Art
San Francisco Art Institute (SFAI)
School of Visual Arts
SchulefYrGestaltung, Zurich
Simon Fraser University Contemporary Arts
Sir JJ School of Art, Mumbai
SOMA Mexico
Sydney College of the Arts
The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Towson University
Universidad Complutense de Madrid
University of British Columbia
University of California, Davis
University of California, San Diego
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
University of Iowa
University of Maryland
University of Wisconsin - Madison
Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU)
Washington University in St. Louis, Sam Fox
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