Chanel and the Tribeca Festival are once again sweetening the pot for winning filmmakers with the 2024 Artist Awards program. Now in its 19th year, the program celebrates the link between visual art forms through the act of gifting. Participants in the Artist Awards program, selected by curator Racquel Chevremont, have each gifted an artwork that will be presented to the festival’s winning filmmakers.
“It creates this active intersection between artistic fields,” said Chevremont in a short video about the program, which she describes as “celebratory, unique and visionary.”
Artists include Deborah Kass, Erick & Elliot Jiménez, Glenn Ligon, Jenny Holzer, Joiri Minaya, José Parlá, Juliana Huxtable, Maia Cruz Palileo, Paul Anthony Smith and Tourmaline.
“What mostly excites me about this award is that it shows a sense of community and support for the artist,” said Kass, who is featured in the video along with Parlá and Smith. “Storytellers need New York. Art comes from the need to document one’s times and place. And this is the greatest city in the world. There’s nothing like the exchange between artists across mediums, especially here in New York.”
The collection of artwork will be on display at the Tribeca Festival Hub at Spring Studios throughout the festival.
“What the Tribeca Festival has done has really renewed the energy with art, culture, film, storytelling,” said Parlá, filmed in his studio. “Being creative is gifting — it’s the opposite of taking.”
Chanel previously announced a panel “Championing the Next Generation,” set for 4 p.m. on June 7 at the Crosby Street Hotel in SoHo, as part of its “Through Her Lens” program which supports female and non-binary filmmakers.
The 2024 Tribeca Festival runs June 5 to June 16. The festival’s opening night film is “Diane von Furstenberg: Woman in Charge,” a documentary about the designer directed by Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy and Trish Dalton.
Below, a look at the 2024 Artists Awards program participants:
Given to Founders Award for Best U.S. Narrative Feature:
Paul Anthony Smith Untitled, 2024. Acrylic gouache and collage on inkjet print, spray paint. 12.5” x 10”.
Given to Best International Narrative Feature:
José Parlá, “Concentric Harmony,” 2024. Pigment on watercolor Somerset paper. 23” x
30.”
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Given to Best Documentary Feature:
Tourmaline, “Pour the boos around me,” 2022-23. C-print. 18” x 18” (45.7 x 45.7 cm). Edition 2 of 3 (T 2244).
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Given to The Albert Maysles Award for Best New Documentary Director:
Deborah Kass, “Diamond Deb,: 2013. Two-color silkscreen with enamel inks and diamond dust ops 2 ply museum board. 24” x 24”. Edition 9 of 40.
Given to Student Visionary Award:
Jenny Holzer, “I SEE,” 2015. Medium: Inkjet print. Dimensions :12.25” x 15”. / 31.1 x 38.1 cm
Text: Arno, 1996. Edition: Number 10 from an edition of 10 + 3 APs. Studio Inventory number: JH2034.10/10.
Jenny Holzer
Given to Best Animated Short:
Joiri Minaya, “Postcard composition #1, #2 & #3,” 2020, 2023. “Postcard composition #1,” 2020. 11” x 17”. Archival print. “Postcard composition #2,” 2020. 11” x 17”. Archival print. “Postcard composition #3,” 2023. 11” x 17”. Archival print.
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Given to Best Documentary Short:
Elliot & Erick, “Jiménez Midnight Anemone,” 2024. Archival photo print. 24” x 32”. Edition of 5 +
2AP. Courtesy of the artists and Spinello Projects.
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Given to Best New Narrative Director:
Maia Cruz Palileo, “Night Swim,” 2023. Gouache on paper. 11.25” x 7.5”. Courtesy of the artist
and Monique Meloche Gallery.
Given to Best Narrative Short:
Glenn Ligon “Untitled (I/America),” 2023. Digital image with hand-drawn additions. Sheet size 11” x 14” (27.9 x 35.6 cm). Image size 5.13” x 7” (13 x 17.8 cm). AP 3/20 from an edition of 30 with 20 APs. Printed by Griffin Editions. Photographer Credit: Ronald Amstutz.
Given to Nora Ephron Award:
Juliana Huxtable, “BAILEY 2,” 2018. Oil, Acrylic, inkjet print on canvas. 30” x 40”.
