An international jury of five museum directors and curators tackled that question at Yokohama's BankART Studio NYK, selecting for the inaugural Nissan Art Award.
The first round jury for the Nissan Art Award 2013 met in Venice, Italy at the end of May 2013. Five jurors, globally active art experts, considered the nominations and selected eight artists as finalists. The several dozen artists under consideration had previously been nominated by a separate candidate nomination committee comprising five curators and art critics.