The 13^th Western Art Foundation Prize Winners Announced

The winners of the 13^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 HIRANO Itaru, Curator of the Museum of Modern Art, Saitama (for the exhibition titled ‘Diego Rivera and His Contemporaries’) and YASUI Hiroo, Curator of the Mitsubishi ichigokan Museum, Tokyo, (for the exhibition titled ‘Redon – The Secret Garden’). The Cultural Promotion Prize for institutions was given to the Kajima Foundation for the Arts for its research promotion through research grants, publication support and international exchange support for the exhibition titled ‘Lucas Cranach the Elder: 500 Years of the Power of Temptation’ (National Museum of Western Art) and others. (Japanese)