The 8^th Western Art Foundation Prize Winners Announced

On July 12, the winners of the 8^th Western Art Foundation Prize, which publicly honor individuals and institutions 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 awarded to HOSAKA Kenjirō, Curator at the National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo (for the exhibition ‘Francis Bacon’) and JINGAOKA Megumi, Curator at the National Museum of Western Art (for the exhibition ‘Hubert Robert – Les jardins du Temps’). The Cultural Promotion Prize for Institutions was given to the Pola Art Foundation, which has supported a number of exhibitions by providing grants. (Japanese)