The international awards recognize artists in five disciplines of fine and performing arts, and architecture, much like the Nobel Prizes do in the Sciences.
“I believe profoundly in the power of nature and of culture to help us to understand and celebrate the human spirit” ーYo-Yo Ma.
~ This crisis is presenting an opportunity for the relevance of all kinds of culture and art to be better understood; how they reveal the importance...
In the Renaissance there were countless wars, plagues, atrocities, and tragedies. What do we remember? We remember great artists and writers. Long live the arts! (Mitsuko...
The power of the arts and culture can unite the hearts of disconnected people and let them become one. In this sense, I hope that the...
The crisis has had a tremendous impact on the way visual art is viewed: everything has become flat and immaterial.
'Let the slow steady work in the studio illuminate and give comfort to many of the conditions beyond it.' (William Kentridge, 2019)
PARIS — Former French president Jacques Chirac died on September 26 at the age of 86, his family announced on the same day. The cause of...
The Japan Art Association announced on Tuesday, September 17, in various locations around the world the 2019 recipients of the global arts prize Praemium Imperiale Awards. ...
JAPAN Forward The Japan Art Association announced on Monday, October 22 that former US Ambassador to Japan, Caroline Kennedy has accepted the position...
The Praemium Imperiale, a global arts prize sponsored by the Japan Art Association, with Honorary Patron His Imperial Highness Prince Hitachi, marks its 30th anniversary...
French actress Catherine Deneuve is set to receive the Japan Art Association’s annual Praemium Imperiale Award for Theather and Film on October 23. Starting...
