Various prizes have been handed out to mark the close of the first Kiev biennale. Phyllida Barlow received the award for the most significant contribution to the development of contemporary art, Mykola Malyshko and Andriy Sagaidakovsky received the oddly named award for the most significant discovery. The audience choice award is shared by Yayoi Kusama, Chiharu Shiota and Song Dong. The biennale had 135,000 visitors.