The fair, which is something of a hybrid of the art fair and the MFA thesis exhibition, will run on the VIP Art Fair platform from June 1 to June 8. It will feature the work of 100 students who were selected from a pool of 380 from some of the world's top MFA programs. The six judges are Matthew Higgs (White Columns), RoseLee Goldberg (Performa), Joachim Pissarro (Hunter), Diana Al-Hadid (artist), Kate Fowle (Independent Curators International) and O Zhang (artist).

"There was relatively little discord among the judges," said Matthew Higgs to Gallerist, about judging the work. But the fate of this hybrid art fair/thesis show is another issue. "What happens now, is the question. Whether it will work or not."

“VIP MFA connects new artists to our growing base of collectors and contemporary dealers," said Lisa Kennedy, the chief executive of VIP Art Fair, in a statement. "The students will influence the current state of fine art as ambassadors of a new generation.”

Here is a list of the top 10 students and their respective schools. The three winners will be announced tomorrow with the start of the fair.

Natacha Arena, LASALLE College of the Arts

Andrew Brehm, Virginia Commonwealth University

Galen Gibson-Cornell, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Jordy Hamilton, University of British Columbia

Chris Hood, San Francisco Art Institute

Avinash Motghare, Sir J. J. School of Art

Camillo Paravicini, Glasgow School of Art

Susana Perrottet, Zürcher Hochschule der Künste

Emanuel Straessle, Zürcher Hochschule der Künste

Ariane Vielmetter, California Institute of the Arts