Mainichi Art Award Recipients Announced

On January 1, the recipients of the 54^th Mainichi Art Award (sponsored by the Mainichi Newspapers Co.), an annual award given to outstanding individuals in art and culture, were announced. In relation to art, painter TATSUNO Toeko won for her exhibitions titled ‘Ataerareta keishō’ and ‘Tatsuno Toeko: Aki no Yūrinsō tokubetsu kōkai’. Photographer ARAKI Nobuyoshi was given Special Award for establishing ‘photobook culture (shashinshū bunka)’ that was represented at his exhibition ‘Araki Nobuyoshi shashinshū ten: Arākī’. (Japanese)