At the recently renovated Richelieu site of the National Library of France (BnF), on 12 September, the Japanese Imperial House and the Japan Art Association named the winners of the Praemium Imperiale, an accolade awarded every year to five figures f

The Japanese Imperial House and the Japan Art Association have annually since 1989 awarded the Praemium Imperiale in five categories. The winners of this year’s 34th edition – each to receive the sum of 95,000 euros – have been announced in a ceremon

SANAA Every year since 1989 The Imperial Family of Japan and The Japan Art Association have given the Praemium Imperiale in five fields, acknowledging contributions to the development and promotion of the arts worldwide. Each of the laureates receive

Glenn Murcutt In honor of a silent but exceptional career the 2021 Praemium Imperiale was bestowed on Glenn Murcutt, one of the most intensively personal figures in contemporary architecture. Born in London in 1936, Murcutt spent his childhood in Pap

The Praemium Imperiale, an accolade given by the Japan Art Association and the Imperial House of Japan since 1989, has been awarded to the Australian Glenn Murcutt in the Architecture section. Born in London in 1936, Murcutt spent his early childhood

Tod Williams Billie Tsien Architects Perhaps to compensate for the demolition in 2014 of what was, up to that moment, the architects’ masterpiece – the American Folk Art Museum of New York –, in 2019 the Praemium Imperiale recognized the career of Wi

The Japanese Royal House and the Japan Art Association have given the Praemium Imperiale to the painter William Kentridge, the sculptor Mona Hatoum, the violinist Anne-Sophie Mutter, the actor Bando Tamasaburo, and the US husband-and-wife architects

Christian de Portzamparc The career of the ‘child prodigy’ of architecture in the 1980s, Christian de Portzamparc, who picked up the Pritzker Prize in 1994 (he was just 50, and the first French laureate), has been irregular. For this reason, the awar

Rafael Moneo Rafael Moneo probably sees awards from a certain distance now, but it is still great news that the most influential Spanish architect has been honored in 2017 - year in which he turned 80 - with an award as important as the Praemium Impe

At this point of his career, Rafael Moneo probably looks upon awards and distinctions with a certain distance. But it is definitely still good news that Spain’s most influential architect, at 80 years of age, continues to garner international recogni

Paulo Mendes da Rocha The Imperial House of Japan and the Japan Art Association give yearly since 1989 the Praemium Imperiale to five artists in the categories of Painting, Sculpture, Architecture, Music, and Cinema or Theater. In 2016 the awards – e

The architect Paulo Mendes da Rocha is among those distinguished in 2016 with the Praemium Imperiale, given yearly since 1989 by the Imperial Family of Japan and the Japan Art Association, with an endowment of 15 million yen (111,000 euros). Born in

Dominique Perrault The Imperial House of Japan and the Japan Art Association give yearly since 1989 the Praemium Imperiale to five artists in the categories of Painting, Sculpture, Architecture, Music, and Cinema or Theater. In 2015 the awards – endo

The French Dominique Perrault is among those distinguished in the 2015 edition of the Praemium Imperiale, given yearly since 1989 by the Japanese imperial family and the Japan Art Association, with a prize of 15 million yen (approximately 111,000 eur

Steven Holl The Imperial House of Japan and the Japan Art Association give yearly since 1989 the Praemium Imperiale to five artists in the categories of Painting, Sculpture, Architecture, Music, and Cinema or Theater. In 2014 the awards – endowed wit

Coming with an endowment of 15 million yen (almost 109,000 euros), the Japan Art Association’s Praemium Imperiale has since 1989 been given yearly to five artists in five fields: Painting, Sculpture, Architecture, Music, and Film/Theater. The 2014 la

David Chipperfield The Imperial House of Japan and the Japan Art Association have every year since 1989 been awarding the Praemium Imperiale, endowed with 15 million Yen (132,000 euros), to five artists in different categories. The 2013 awardees were

Annually since 1989 the Japan Art Association has given the Praemium Imperiale, in five categories, to recognize contributions to the development and promotion of the arts worldwide. Each coming with a monetary prize of 114,000 euros, the prestigious

Henning Larsen The Imperial House of Japan and the Japan Art Association have every year since 1989 been awarding the Praemium Imperiale, endowed with 15 million Yen (132,000 euros), to five artists in painting, sculpture, architecture, music, and ci

Ricardo Legorreta Endowed with 15 million Yen (over 150,000 euros), the Praemium Imperiale of the Japan Art Association is given yearly, since 1989,  o five artists in the categories of painting, sculpture, architecture, music, and cinemaor

Toyo Ito The Imperial House of Japan and the Japan Art Association award the Praemium Imperiale yearly since 1989. Endowed with 15 million Yen (132,000 euros), the prize is presented to five artists in the categories of painting, sculpture, architect

La Casa Imperial Japonesa y la Japan Art Association otorgan anualmente desde 1989 el Praemium Imperiale, dotado con 15 millones de yenes —132.000 euros—, a cinco artistas en las categorías de pintura, escultura, arquitectura, música y cine o teatro.

Zaha Hadid Born in Baghdad and graduate from the Architectural Association of London – where she established her own office in 1979 –, Zaha Hadid did not see her visionary designs materialized beyond paper until 1994, when she began her internationa