Praemium Imperiale

The Praemium Imperiale
Awarded for"Outstanding contributions to the development, promotion and progress of the arts"[1]
CountryJapan
Presented byThe Imperial Family of Japan
The Japan Art Association
First awarded1989
Websitewww.praemiumimperiale.org
Prince Takamatsu

The Praemium Imperiale (Japanese: 高松宮殿下記念世界文化賞, romanized: Takamatsu-no-miya Denka Kinen Sekai Bunka-shō, lit. 'World Culture Prize in Memory of His Imperial Highness Prince Takamatsu') is an international art prize inaugurated in 1988 and awarded since 1989 by the Imperial family of Japan on behalf of the Japan Art Association in the fields of painting, sculpture, architecture, music, and theatre/film.[2]

The prize consists of a gold medal and 15 million Japanese yen, and was created by the Fujisankei Communications Group, which pays the expenses of around $3 million per year.[1][2] The prizes are awarded for outstanding contributions to the development, promotion and progress of the arts.

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The Praemium Imperiale is awarded in the memory of Prince Takamatsu (1905–1987), younger brother of Emperor Shōwa who reigned from 1926 through 1989. Prince Takamatsu was famous for his longtime support of the development, promotion and progress of arts in the world.

The laureates are announced each September; the prize presentation ceremony and related events are held in Tokyo, Japan, each November. The prize presentation ceremony is held in the presence of His Imperial Highness Prince Hitachi, President of the Japan Art Association, at the Meiji Kinenkan in Tokyo. Prince Hitachi presents the prizes to the selected laureates. The prize consists of a gold medal and 15 million Japanese yen, and was created by the Fujisankei Communications Group, which pays the expenses of around $3 million per year.[1][2]

The laureates are annually recommended by international advisers, and decided by an anonymous committee of the Japan Art Association.[2][3] The advisers include Yasuhiro Nakasone, William H. Luers, Lamberto Dini, François Pinault, Chris Patten, and Klaus-Dieter Lehmann. Honorary advisers included Jacques Chirac, David Rockefeller, David Rockefeller Jr., Helmut Schmidt and Richard von Weizsäcker.

Table of laureates

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Year Painting Sculpture Architecture Music Film/Theater
1989 Willem de Kooning
and David Hockney		 Umberto Mastroianni I. M. Pei Pierre Boulez Marcel Carné
1990 Antoni Tàpies Arnaldo Pomodoro James Stirling Leonard Bernstein Federico Fellini
1991 Balthus Eduardo Chillida Gae Aulenti György Ligeti Ingmar Bergman
1992 Pierre Soulages Anthony Caro Frank Gehry Alfred Schnittke Akira Kurosawa
1993 Jasper Johns Max Bill Kenzo Tange Mstislav Rostropovich Maurice Béjart
1994 Zao Wou-ki Richard Serra Charles Correa Henri Dutilleux John Gielgud
1995 Roberto Matta Christo Renzo Piano Andrew Lloyd Webber Nakamura Utaemon VI
1996 Cy Twombly César Tadao Ando Luciano Berio Andrzej Wajda
1997 Gerhard Richter George Segal Richard Meier Ravi Shankar Peter Brook
1998 Robert Rauschenberg Dani Karavan Álvaro Siza Sofia Gubaidulina Richard Attenborough
1999 Anselm Kiefer Louise Bourgeois Fumihiko Maki Oscar Peterson Pina Bausch
2000 Ellsworth Kelly Niki de Saint Phalle Richard Rogers Hans Werner Henze Stephen Sondheim
2001 Lee Ufan Marta Pan Jean Nouvel Ornette Coleman Arthur Miller
2002 Sigmar Polke Giuliano Vangi Norman Foster Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau Jean-Luc Godard
2003 Bridget Riley Mario Merz Rem Koolhaas Claudio Abbado Ken Loach
2004 Georg Baselitz Bruce Nauman Oscar Niemeyer Krzysztof Penderecki Abbas Kiarostami
2005 Robert Ryman Issey Miyake Yoshio Taniguchi Martha Argerich Merce Cunningham
2006 Yayoi Kusama Christian Boltanski Frei Otto Steve Reich Maya Plisetskaya
2007 Daniel Buren Tony Cragg Herzog & de Meuron Daniel Barenboim Ellen Stewart
2008 Richard Hamilton Ilya and Emilia Kabakov Peter Zumthor Zubin Mehta Sakata Tōjūrō
2009 Hiroshi Sugimoto Richard Long Zaha Hadid Alfred Brendel Tom Stoppard
2010 Enrico Castellani Rebecca Horn Toyo Ito Maurizio Pollini Sophia Loren
2011 Bill Viola Anish Kapoor Ricardo Legorreta Seiji Ozawa Judi Dench
2012 Cai Guo-Qiang Cecco Bonanotte Henning Larsen Philip Glass Yoko Morishita
2013 Michelangelo Pistoletto Antony Gormley David Chipperfield Plácido Domingo Francis Ford Coppola
2014 Martial Raysse Giuseppe Penone Steven Holl Arvo Pärt Athol Fugard[4]
2015 Tadanori Yokoo Wolfgang Laib Dominique Perrault Mitsuko Uchida Sylvie Guillem
2016 Cindy Sherman Annette Messager Paulo Mendes da Rocha Gidon Kremer Martin Scorsese
2017 Shirin Neshat El Anatsui Rafael Moneo Youssou N'Dour Mikhail Baryshnikov
2018 Pierre Alechinsky Fujiko Nakaya Christian de Portzamparc Riccardo Muti Catherine Deneuve
2019 William Kentridge Mona Hatoum Tod Williams and Billie Tsien Anne-Sophie Mutter Bando Tamasaburo
2020 No award No award No award No award No award
2021 Sebastião Salgado James Turrell Glenn Murcutt Yo-Yo Ma No recipient
2022 Giulio Paolini Ai Weiwei Kazuyo Sejima and Ryue Nishizawa Krystian Zimerman Wim Wenders
2023 Vija Celmins Olafur Eliasson Diébédo Francis Kéré Wynton Marsalis Robert Wilson
2024 Sophie Calle Doris Salcedo Shigeru Ban Maria João Pires Ang Lee

Grants for Young Artists

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Since 1997, a series of grants have been made to organizations which nourish young artists.[5]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b c "Selection criteria". Official website. Archived from the original on November 26, 2005. Retrieved January 19, 2010.
  2. ^ a b c d Goldberger, Paul (October 27, 1994). "In 1994, What Draws Eyes? The Megaprize". The New York Times. Retrieved January 18, 2010.
  3. ^ "Advisors". Official website. Archived from the original on March 6, 2002. Retrieved January 18, 2010.
  4. ^ "STIAS Fellow Athol Fugard receives prestigious 2014 prize". Stellenbosch University. July 16, 2014. Retrieved July 17, 2014.
  5. ^ "Grants for Young Artists". Official website.
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