13 Jun 2018
Tags: Art, Destinations, Institutions, Muesums, Art Lover, Contemporary, exhibition, Impactful, emerging destinations, Global, re-localise, Nomad, Culture
Today, Leading Culture Destinations Awards, coined by the press as “The Oscars for Museums”, announced nominations for its fifth edition, shining a light on the most impactful cultural destinations all over the globe. The LCD Awards celebrates the most exceptional contributions to cultural life that these institutions have to offer–showcasing some of the world's best emerging destinations and the experiential shift for them to become places to dine, shop, work and even sleep!
This year, the 2018 Leading Culture Destinations Awards will have five sections and a new category:
• The Leading Culture Destinations of the Year (non-profit organizations): Exhibition, Architecture, Restaurant, Shop, Digital Experience and Leading Culture Destination of the Year.
• New Culture Destinations of the Year (last 24 months, non-profit organizations), dedicated to young museums and institutions with five regional categories: Europe, North America, Latin America, Africa/Middle East / UAE, Asia Pacific
• Soft Power Destinations of the Year, recognising the cultural organisation, activation, and district that have powerful influence and impact based on their excellence, relevance, transparency, accountability and sustainability
• The 'Climate Smart' Award recognising cultural institutions or programming that has made a significant educational contribution on a key challenge of the future: climate change.
• The Avis Travellers' Awards: Emerging Culture City of the Year, Cultural Nomad of the Year and Art Hotel of the Year
• The Experiential Destinations Awards, which has five categories: Best LGBT Destination, Best Festival Destination, Best Food Destination, Best Smart Tech Destination, Best Luxury Destination and Leading Experiential Destination of the Year.
Once the shortlist is refined to three institutions per category, the Jury will cast the final votes to declare the winners at an award ceremony on Friday 28th September 2018 at the South Kensington Club in London.
Florian Wupperfeld, Co-founder of Leading Culture Destinations, commented: “We are delighted to announce the nominees for the fifth edition of the Leading Culture Destinations Awards, and are particularly excited to introduce the Experiential Destinations Awards for the first time this year. Cultural tourism is an incredibly valuable sector, which in London alone accounts for 80 per cent of visitors and £3.2 billion in revenue each year. I believe that the next generation of cultural nomads want to re-localise through culture after being globalised through brands.
THE 2018 JURY
Touria El Glaoui: Director of 1-54 Contemporary African Art Fair.
http://1-54.com/london/touria-el-glaoui/
Joe La Placa: Director of The Cardi Gallery, Mayfair.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_La_Placa
Carlo Brandelli: Designer and sculptor
https://www.carlobrandelli.com
Helena Egan: Tourism and place-making specialist
http://gte-forum.com/speaker/helena-egan/
Arik Levy: Contemporary Artist
Maximiliano Arrocet: Director at Amanda Levete Architects.
https://www.ala.uk.com/about-us/people/maximiliano-arrocet/
Lutz Henke: Cultural scientist and curator.
Lisa Hilton: Art Historian and writer.
FLORIAN WUPPERFELD
Florian studied film production at UCLA in Los Angeles before starting his career as a trend scout in 1997, working with Mercedes Benz on the launch of the Smart car. He has acted as a consultant to numerous brands, developing extensive networks with creative communities across the world, including: BMW, Adidas, The Soho House Group, Hermes, LVMH, Colette and The New York Times. He has acted formally as a creative and media director for the Soho House Group internationally
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