Young Artists of the Year 2016

Girls, Girls, Girls: Coincidence or System?

As in previous years, there are strikingly many women among the four "Artists of the Year", even the most prominent "old masters of feminism". For the list of 20 newcomers of the year 2016 in the global art business is led by the anonymous giving New Yorker "Guerilla Girls". Since 1985, they have remained faithful to their motto: "We believe in an intersectional feminism that fights discrimination and support human rights for all people and all genders , Including Bilbao, Iceland, Istanbul, London, Los Angeles, Mexico City, New York, Rotterdam, Sao Paolo, and Shanghai. "

Since 2012, Art-Report has nominated a "Young Artist of the Year" (Otobong Nkanga, 2015, Camille Henrot, 2014, Jorinde Voigt, 2013, Alicja Kwade, 2012): Artists who are between 23 and 43 years old (GenerationJ) And are characterized by a remarkable increase in attention in the international exhibition industry. In addition to "Guerilla Girls", Ulla von Brandenburg and Laure Prouvost will also be awarded additional installation artists for the past year 2016, as well as the multimedia artist Simon Fujiwara, who was born in British Harrow in 1985. All 20 have been successful in the international exhibition industry: in 2016, they have made a huge leap in their artistic career, as the table below shows.

Best performing young Artists 2016