The 11^th Western Art Foundation Prize Winners Announced

The winners of the 11^th Western Art Foundation Prize, which publicly honor individuals and organizations involved in curating exhibitions that have contributed to the understanding of Western art and academic research in the field of Western art, were announced. The Academic Prizes for individuals were given to UEMATSU Yuka, Chief Curator of the National Museum of Art, Osaka (for the exhibition ‘Wolfgang Tillmans: Your Body’), and NONAKA Akira, Curator of the Nagasaki Prefectural Art Museum (for the exhibitions ‘Julio González Retrospective: Master of Iron Sculpture’). The Cultural Promotion Prize for institutions was given to Yoshino Gypsum Co., Ltd, which lent artworks from its collection to exhibitions such as ‘JAPANS LIEBE IMPRESSIONISMUS Von Monet bis Renoir’ held in Germany and contributed to the promotion of Western art research and cultural exchanges in Japan. (Japanese)