Wolf Prize in Arts

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The Wolf Prize in Arts is awarded once a year by the Wolf Foundation. It is one of the six Wolf Prizes established by the Foundation and awarded since 1978; the others are in Agriculture, Chemistry, Mathematics, Medicine and Physics. The Prize rotates annually between painting, music, architecture and sculpture.

[edit] Laureates[1]

Year Field Laureate(s) Country
1981 Painting Marc Chagall
Antoni Tapies
Flag of Russia Russian Empire / Flag of France France
Flag of Spain Spain
1982 Music Vladimir Horowitz
Olivier Messiaen
Joseph Tal
Flag of Russia Russian Empire / Flag of the United States United States
Flag of France France
Flag of Israel Israel
1983/4 Architecture Ralph Erskine Flag of the United Kingdom United Kingdom / Flag of Sweden Sweden
1984/5 Sculpture Eduardo Chillida Flag of Spain Spain
1986 Painting Jasper Johns Flag of the United States United States
1987 Music Isaac Stern
Krzysztof Penderecki
Flag of the United States United States
Flag of Poland Poland
1988 Architecture Fumihiko Maki
Giancarlo De Carlo
Flag of Japan Japan
Flag of Italy Italy
1989 Sculpture Claes Oldenburg Flag of Sweden Sweden / Flag of the United States United States
1990 Painting Anselm Kiefer Flag of Germany Germany
1991 Music Yehudi Menuhin
Luciano Berio
Flag of the United States United States / Flag of the United Kingdom United Kingdom
Flag of Italy Italy
1992 Architecture Frank Gehry
Jørn Utzon
Denys Lasdun
Flag of Canada Canada / Flag of the United States United States
Flag of Denmark Denmark
Flag of the United Kingdom United Kingdom
1993 Sculpture Bruce Nauman Flag of the United States United States
1994/5 Painting Gerhard Richter Flag of Germany Germany
1995/6 Music Zubin Mehta
György Ligeti
Flag of India India
Flag of Austria Austria
1996/7 Architecture Frei Otto
Aldo van Eyck
Flag of Germany Germany
Flag of the Netherlands Netherlands
1998 Sculpture James Turrell Flag of the United States United States
1999 Painting Not awarded
2000 Music Pierre Boulez
Riccardo Muti
Flag of France France
Flag of Italy Italy
2001 Architecture Álvaro Siza Flag of Portugal Portugal
2002 Sculpture Not awarded
2002/3 Painting Louise Bourgeois Flag of France France / Flag of the United States United States
2004 Music Mstislav Rostropovich
Daniel Barenboim
Flag of Russia Russia
Flag of Argentina Argentina / Flag of Israel Israel
2005 Architecture Jean Nouvel Flag of France France
2006 Sculpture Not awarded
2006/7 Painting Michelangelo Pistoletto Flag of Italy Italy
2008 Music Giya Kancheli
Claudio Abbado*
Flag of Georgia (country) Georgia
Flag of Italy Italy
  • Abbado could not show up to the ceremony and therefore did not win the prize this year. The wolf foundation will decide on whether to award the prize to him next year.

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