The 14^th Western Art Foundation for Promotion Award Recipients Announced

The recipients of the 14^th Western Art Foundation for Promotion Award, 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 Award for individuals was given to SEKI Akio, Chief of the curatorial section of the Tokyo Metropolitan Teien Art Museum (for the exhibition titled ‘EXOTIC × MODERN: French Art Deco and inspiration afar’; his job title at the time of exhibition) and MURAKAMI Hiroya, Deputy Director and Chief Curator of the National Museum of Western Art (for the exhibition titled ‘Le Corbusier and the Age of Purism’). The Cultural Promotion Award for Institutions was given to Toppan Inc. for its activities of continuous as well as high-quality displays at the Printing Museum, which was opened in 2000. (Japanese)