The 28^th Ringa Art Encouragement Prize Winners Announced

The Ringa Art Encouragement Award (organized by the Ringa Art Encouragement Fund), which publicly honors outstanding individuals for their exceptional achievements in the field of art criticism and art history research, announced the winners of the 28^th Ringa Art Encouragement Prize. In the Art History Research Division, MASHIBUCHI Kyōko (Chief Curator, Fukushima Prefectural Museum of Fukushima) and UEDA Sayoko (Curator, The Museum of Kyoto) shared the award for their curated exhibition titled ‘Ogawa Senyō – Jūōmujin ni ikiru’ and for the contribution of their essays to its exhibition catalog. In the Art Criticism Division, ARAI Kei (Associate Professor, Graduate School of Fine Arts Department of Conservation, Tokyo University of the Arts) received the prize for his monograph titled ‘Nihonga to zairyō: Kindai ni tsukurareta dentō’. (Japanese)