The 2021 Painting Laureate touches his world by bringing the pain of the displaced and abused, and the wonder of nature, to the world through the...
The 2021 Sculpture Laureate modestly points out that the concept driving his work - this “idea of going inside to greet the light ー is going...
The 2021 Architecture Laureate is a global inspiration in his field. ‘You live with my buildings, you don't live in my buildings,’ he says, explaining how...
The globally renowned and beloved 2021 Music Laureate says, ‘My mixed up cultural background has both confused me, but it's also given me an incredible richness...
They break boundaries in the arts, shine light in dark corners, and broaden our perception of the world ー wherever we’re from. Meet the 2021 Praemium...
“I am convinced that it is the passion of artists that will help us overcome all hardships and become a force for change in the world,...
~ 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)
The wide variety of encouraging messages received from a total of 5 international advisors and 47 laureates of the Praemium Imperiale have been received and are...
