Mainichi Art Award Winners Announced

The winners of the 53^rd Mainichi Art Award (sponsored by the Mainichi Newspapers Co.), the annual award given to outstanding individuals in art and culture, were announced. In relation to art, the award was given to architect BAN Shigeru for his exploration of new architecture on paper and its use in areas affected by the Great East Japan Earthquake; painter KIKUHATA Mokuma for his exhibition titled ‘KIKUHATA Mokuma Postwar/Paintings’, held at the Fukuoka Art Museum and Nagasaki Prefectural Art Museum; and calligrapher ISHITOBI Hakkō for his exhibition titled ‘ISHITOBI Hakkō sho ten 2011’. (Japanese)