Greek Museum of Contemporary Art Wins Top European Award

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Greece’s National Museum of Contemporary Art (EMST) won the Art Museum Award of the European Museum Academy on Saturday evening, September 26, in Alicante, Spain.

The award committee said it was impressed by EMST’s vision and its approach to art as a fundamental means of human development, particularly during the turbulent times facing society today.

EMST competed against several prominent European museums on the shortlist, including the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam, the FENIX Museum of Migration in Rotterdam and the National Gallery of Slovenia in Ljubljana.

The European Museum Academy said this year’s competition reached an exceptionally high standard. A nine-member panel of museum experts from across Europe faced a particularly difficult choice as it selected six “outstanding candidates” for the shortlist.

Samuel Gallacher, chair of the European Museum Award jury, said the panel looks each year for art museums that go beyond creating a superficial impression and instead seek meaningful and lasting connections with their audiences.

Gallacher said the six shortlisted museums demonstrated curatorial practices that set a standard of excellence and showed meaningful engagement with issues affecting contemporary society.

The European Museum Academy is a non-profit institution established to represent museums internationally, promote research in museography and museology, provide constructive criticism, encourage dialogue around new exhibitions and museums, and share museum knowledge and new ideas among professionals in the sector.

The organisation currently represents 40 countries and supports the creation and development of both new and established museums as institutions of social change.

Through the European Museum Award, the Academy seeks to highlight the social role of art museums. The award recognises museum projects that place art within innovative, pioneering and creative frameworks to engage critically with contemporary social issues.

The award also aims to highlight new models and examples that can inspire museums in developing their role within society.

The jury comprised Bernhart Schwenk, Danièle Wagener, Delphine Munro, John Leighton, Karen Holdaway Grøn, Louisa Leventis, Samuel Gallacher, who served as chair, and Tijana Palkovljević Bugarski.

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