The 2013 Tribeca Film Festival, presented by American Express, not only celebrates film culture but also recognizes leading artists who are part of the New York art scene. In keeping with TFF co-founder Jane Rosenthal’s ambition to support all types of artists (not just filmmakers), each festival year twelve local artists donate artwork that will be awarded to festival filmmakers whose films are selected by the TFF jury as winners in their respective categories.

This is an especially auspicious year for the Tribeca Film Festival Artists Awards Program, sponsored by Chanel. The participating artists include Stephen Hannock, David Kratz, Curtis Kulig, Gillian Laub, Robert Longo, Angelina Nasso, Erik Parker, Jose Parla, Joyce Pensato, Clifford Ross, William Wegman and Dustin Yellin, all of whom are among the finest contemporary artists in the world, let alone New York City.

As is tradition, their works will be exhibited without charge by the New York Academy of Art at 111 Franklin Street in Manhattan leading up to and during the Festival. Art enthusiasts, movie lovers, culture vultures and everyone in between can view these pieces from 11am to 7pm everyday from April 3rd to the 24th before they are presented at the Tribeca Film Festival Awards Ceremony on the evening of April 25th.

Scroll down and take a look at all the fabulous artwork that will soon be on display.

Study: Northern City Renaissance, Mauve Dawn (Mass MoCA #79-R), 2012
Stephen Hannock
Polished mixed media on panel, 10 x 15 inches

Sardines, 2012
David Kratz
Oil on canvas, 16 x 20 inches

 Blk Candy Series, 2013
Curtis Kulig
Acrylic on canvas, 36 x 42 inches

Harley Before the White Prom
Gillian Laub
Chromogenic Print, 20 x 24 inches

Untitled (#5), From the Men in the Cities Photo Portfolio, 1980
Robert Longo
Giclée Print

 Two Voices #1
Angelina Nasso
Oil on paper, 32 x 44 inches

 New Elands Bay, 2012
Erik Parker
Acrylic paint on canvas, 30 x 38 inches, 76.2 x 96.5 cm

Diary in Red and Bronze, 2012
Jose Parla
Acrylic, ink, oil and plaster on canvas, 24 x 18 inches.

 The End, 2007
Joyce Pensato
Charcoal and pastel on paper, 20 x 30 inches, 55.9 x 76.2 cm, Signed and titled on verso, PEN 07/130

Study For Austin Courthouse
Clifford Ross
Archival pigment print, 43 x 41 1/2 inches (framed)

Psycho, 2008
William Wegman
Pigment print, 30 x 24 inches

Platonic haircut, 2012
Dustin Yellin
Glass, collage, 16 x 16 x 4 inches

Filmmakers, are you already trying to picture how one of these pieces might look on your wall?