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Praemium Imperiale award ceremony in Tokyo

Hungarian pianist Andras Schiff (L) receives the medal for the field of music during the award ceremony of the Praemium Imperiale global art prize in honor of Prince Takamatsu, in Tokyo on Oct. 22, 2025. On the right is Japanese Princess Hanako.

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Praemium Imperiale award ceremony in Tokyo

Japanese Princess Hanako delivers a speech during the award ceremony of the Praemium Imperiale global art prize in honor of Prince Takamatsu, in Tokyo on Oct. 22, 2025.

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Praemium Imperiale award ceremony in Tokyo

Hungarian pianist Andras Schiff addresses the award ceremony of the Praemium Imperiale global art prize in honor of Prince Takamatsu, in Tokyo on Oct. 22, 2025, after winning the award in the field of music.

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Praemium Imperiale award ceremony in Tokyo

Japanese Princess Hanako attends the award ceremony of the Praemium Imperiale global art prize in honor of Prince Takamatsu, in Tokyo on Oct. 22, 2025.

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Praemium Imperiale award winners in Tokyo

The winners of the Praemium Imperiale arts award, a global art prize in honor of Prince Takamatsu, (from L) painter Peter Doig of Britain, sculptor Marina Abramovic of Serbia, architect Eduardo Souto de Moura of Portugal, pianist Andras Schiff of Hungary, and choreographer and dancer Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker of Belgium attend a press conference in Tokyo on Oct. 21, 2025.

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Praemium Imperiale award winners in Tokyo

The winners of the Praemium Imperiale arts award, a global art prize in honor of Prince Takamatsu, (from L) painter Peter Doig of Britain, sculptor Marina Abramovic of Serbia, architect Eduardo Souto de Moura of Portugal, choreographer and dancer Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker of Belgium, and pianist Andras Schiff of Hungary, pose for a photo in Tokyo on Oct. 21, 2025.

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Japan imperial couple at award ceremony

Japanese Emperor Naruhito (C) and Empress Masako (R) talk with laureates of the Praemium Imperiale award at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on Nov. 20, 2024. (Pool photo)

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Japan imperial couple at award ceremony

Japanese Emperor Naruhito (C) and Empress Masako talk with laureates of the Praemium Imperiale award at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on Nov. 20, 2024. (Pool photo)

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Japanese architect Ban

Japanese architect Shigeru Ban addresses an award ceremony after winning the Praemium Imperiale in Tokyo on Nov. 19, 2024.

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Praemium Imperiale award winners in Tokyo

The winners of the prestigious Praemium Imperiale arts award, (from L) Shigeru Ban, Sophie Calle, Maria Joao Pires, Doris Salcedo and Ang Lee line up for photos in Tokyo on Nov. 18, 2024.

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Praemium Imperiale award winners in Tokyo

Wynton Marsalis (R), a Praemium Imperiale award winner in the music field, is pictured after receiving a medal from Japanese Princess Hanako (L) at the award ceremony in Tokyo on Oct. 18, 2023.

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Praemium Imperiale award winners in Tokyo

Robert Wilson, a Praemium Imperiale award winner in the theatre and film field, delivers a speech at the award ceremony in Tokyo on Oct. 18, 2023.

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Praemium Imperiale award winners in Tokyo

The winners of the prestigious Praemium Imperiale arts award, (From L) Olafur Eliasson of Iceland, Vija Celmins of the United States, Diebedo Francis Kere of Burkina Faso and Robert Wilson of the United States, pose for a photo during a press conference in Tokyo on Oct. 17, 2023.

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Prince Hitachi gives toast to U.S. architecture prize winner

TOKYO, Japan - Prince Hitachi (R), younger brother of Emperor Akihito, gives a toast to U.S. architect Steven Holl, a laureate for architecture in this year's Praemium Imperiale global arts award, during a feast in Tokyo on Oct. 15, 2014, held after an award ceremony for the prize given by the Japan Art Association. (Pool photo)

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S. African playwright gets Japan's 2014 global arts award

TOKYO, Japan - Prince Hitachi (L), younger brother of Emperor Akihito, confers a medal on South African playwright Athol Fugard for the theater/film category of this year's Praemium Imperiale global arts prize awarded by the Japan Art Association in Tokyo on Oct. 15, 2014. (Pool photo)

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Praemium Imperiale award winners

TOKYO, Japan - Athol Fugard, Arvo Part, Steven Holl, Giuseppe Penone, and Martial Raysse (From L) line up for photos in Tokyo on October 14, 2014, after receiving the awards of the Praemium Imperiale, global art prize in honor of Prince Takamatsu awarded annually by the Japan Art Association.

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Praemium Imperiale award winner Fugard

TOKYO, Japan - Athol Fugard, a Praemium Imperiale award winner in the theatre and film field, speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on Oct. 14, 2014. The South African playwright is the first winner from Africa of the global art prize in honor of Prince Takamatsu awarded annually by the Japan Art Association.

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Claudio Abbado

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows Italian conductor Claudio Abbado holding a press conference after he received the Praemium Imperiale award in Tokyo on Oct. 22, 2003. Abbado died in Bologna on Jan. 20, 2014, at the age of 80, according to Italian media reports.

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Praemium Imperiale

TOKYO, Japan - American film director Francis Ford Coppola (R) is pictured after receiving a Praemium Imperiale medal from Prince Hitachi (C), younger brother of Emperor Akihito, in Tokyo on Oct. 16, 2013. Coppola and four others received the global arts prize awarded annually by the Japan Art Association in honor of Prince Takamatsu, an uncle of the emperor. Princess Hanako, wife of Prince Hitachi, is seated to the left.

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Emperor, empress meet art award winners

TOKYO, Japan - Emperor Akihito (2nd from L in front) and Empress Michiko (L) chat with American film director Francis Ford Coppola (R in front) and his wife Eleanor during a reception in Tokyo on Oct. 16, 2013. The royal couple met with Coppola and other winners of this year's Praemium Imperiale art award. (Pool photo)

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Praemium Imperiale

TOKYO, Japan - British artist Antony Gormley attends a press conference in Tokyo on Oct. 15, 2013, as the recipient of the sculpture prize of the Praemium Imperiale, a global arts prize awarded annually by the Japan Art Association in honor of Prince Takamatsu.

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Praemium Imperiale

TOKYO, Japan - Italian artist Michelangelo Pistoletto attends a press conference in Tokyo on Oct. 15, 2013, as the recipient of the painting prize of the Praemium Imperiale, a global arts prize awarded annually by the Japan Art Association in honor of Prince Takamatsu.

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Praemium Imperiale

TOKYO, Japan - (from L) Italian artist Michelangelo Pistoletto, British artist Antony Gormley, British architect David Chipperfield and U.S. film director Francis Ford Coppola attend a press conference in Tokyo on Oct. 15, 2013, as the recipients of the Praemium Imperiale, a global arts prize awarded annually by the Japan Art Association in honor of Prince Takamatsu.

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Praemium Imperiale

TOKYO, Japan - U.S. film director Francis Ford Coppola attends a press conference in Tokyo on Oct. 15, 2013, as the recipient of the theater/film prize of the Praemium Imperiale, a global arts prize awarded annually by the Japan Art Association in honor of Prince Takamatsu.

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Praemium Imperiale

TOKYO, Japan - British architect David Chipperfield attends a press conference in Tokyo on Oct. 15, 2013, as the recipient of the architecture prize of the Praemium Imperiale, a global arts prize awarded annually by the Japan Art Association in honor of Prince Takamatsu.

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Conductor Ozawa receives Praemium Imperiale

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese conductor Seiji Ozawa smiles as he received the Praemium Imperiale for the field of music in Tokyo on Oct. 19, 2011. The global arts prize is awarded annually by the Japan Art Association in honor of Prince Takamatsu, an uncle of Emperor Akihito.

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2010 Praemium Imperiale laureates

TOKYO, Japan - The 2010 laureates of the Praemium Imperiale arts prize, (from L) Italian artist Enrico Castellani, German artist Rebecca Horn, Japanese architect Toyo Ito, Italian pianist Maurizio Pollini and Italian actress Sophia Loren, attend the award ceremony at Meiji Kinenkan hall in Tokyo on Oct. 13, 2010. The annual award by the Japan Art Association was inaugurated in 1989 in honor of late Prince Takamatsu, uncle of Emperor Akihito.

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Praemium Imperiale laureates

TOKYO, Japan - Winners of the annual Praemium Imperiale arts prize, (from left) Italian actress Sophia Loren, Italian pianist Maurizio Pollini, Japanese architect Toyo Ito, German artist Rebecca Horn and Italian artist Enrico Castellani, pose for photos in Tokyo on Oct. 12, 2010. The award by the Japan Art Association was inaugurated in 1989 in honor of Prince Takamatsu.

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Praemium Imperiale laureates meet the media

TOKYO, Japan - Four recipients of this year's Praemium Imperiale prizes sponsored by the Japan Art Association sit for a joint news conference in Tokyo on Oct. 24. (From L to R) Jean Nouvel, Ornette Coleman, Marta Pan and Lee Ufan. Arthur Miller, a fifth recipient, was unable to come to Japan because of his wife's illness. The winners will receive their prizes in a ceremony in Tokyo on Oct. 25.

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Japan art award winners meet the press

TOKYO, Japan - Four of the five winners of the prestigious Japanese art award Praemium Imperiale meet the press in Tokyo on Oct. 25 ahead of the award ceremony on Oct. 26. (From L to R) A proxy for Niki de Saint Phalle, winner in sculpture, Richard Rogers, who won in architecture, Hans Werner Henze, in music, Ellsworth Kelly, in painting, and Stephen Sondheim, in theater/film.

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Five prominent artists cited

TOKYO, Japan - Five prominent artists who won this year's ''Praemium Imperiale'' awards sponsored by the Japan Art Association, attend a press conference in Tokyo on Oct. 27 ahead of the awards ceremony scheduled for Oct. 28. They are (from L to R) Anselm Kiefer (painting), Louise Bourgeois (sculpture), Fumihko Maki (architecture), Oscar Peterson (music) and Pina Bausch (theater/film).

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Japanese Princess Hanako

Japanese Princess Hanako attends a ceremony of the Praemium Imperiale award in Tokyo on Oct. 19, 2022.

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Japanese Princess Hanako

Japanese Princess Hanako waves after attending a ceremony of the Praemium Imperiale award in Tokyo on Oct. 19, 2022.

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Renowned artists receive Japanese art prize

Recipients of the 2015 Praemium Imperiale global art prize, granted annually by the Japan Art Association in honor of Prince Takamatsu, younger brother of the late Emperor Hirohito, attend an awards ceremony in Tokyo on Oct. 21, 2015. From L: graphic designer/illustrator Tadanori Yokoo of Japan, sculptor Wolfgang Laib of Germany, and two French nationals, architect Dominique Perrault and ballerina Sylvie Guillem. A fifth laureate, Japanese pianist Mitsuko Uchida, was absent due to health reasons. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Renowned artists awarded Japanese art prize

Japanese graphic designer/illustrator Tadanori Yokoo is pictured with a medal in Tokyo on Oct. 21, 2015, at a prize-giving ceremony for the 2015 Praemium Imperiale global art prize, awarded annually by the Japan Art Association in honor of Prince Takamatsu, younger brother of the late Emperor Hirohito. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Conductor Ozawa receives Praemium Imperiale

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese conductor Seiji Ozawa smiles as he received the Praemium Imperiale for the field of music in Tokyo on Oct. 19, 2011. The global arts prize is awarded annually by the Japan Art Association in honor of Prince Takamatsu, an uncle of Emperor Akihito. (Kyodo)

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2010 Praemium Imperiale laureates

TOKYO, Japan - The 2010 laureates of the Praemium Imperiale arts prize, (from L) Italian artist Enrico Castellani, German artist Rebecca Horn, Japanese architect Toyo Ito, Italian pianist Maurizio Pollini and Italian actress Sophia Loren, attend the award ceremony at Meiji Kinenkan hall in Tokyo on Oct. 13, 2010. The annual award by the Japan Art Association was inaugurated in 1989 in honor of late Prince Takamatsu, uncle of Emperor Akihito. (Kyodo)

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Praemium Imperiale laureates

TOKYO, Japan - Winners of the annual Praemium Imperiale arts prize, (from left) Italian actress Sophia Loren, Italian pianist Maurizio Pollini, Japanese architect Toyo Ito, German artist Rebecca Horn and Italian artist Enrico Castellani, pose for photos in Tokyo on Oct. 12, 2010. The award by the Japan Art Association was inaugurated in 1989 in honor of Prince Takamatsu. (Kyodo)

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S. African playwright gets Japan's 2014 global arts award

TOKYO, Japan - Prince Hitachi (L), younger brother of Emperor Akihito, confers a medal on South African playwright Athol Fugard for the theater/film category of this year's Praemium Imperiale global arts prize awarded by the Japan Art Association in Tokyo on Oct. 15, 2014. (Pool photo) (Kyodo)

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Praemium Imperiale award winners

TOKYO, Japan - Athol Fugard, Arvo Part, Steven Holl, Giuseppe Penone, and Martial Raysse (From L) line up for photos in Tokyo on October 14, 2014, after receiving the awards of the Praemium Imperiale, global art prize in honor of Prince Takamatsu awarded annually by the Japan Art Association. (Kyodo)

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French actress Deneuve awarded Japan prize

French actress Catherine Deneuve is pictured at the Meiji Kinenkan building in Tokyo on Oct. 23, 2018, after she was awarded the Praemium Imperiale, a global art prize in honor of Prince Takamatsu given by the Japan Art Association. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Praemium Imperiale laureates meet the media

TOKYO, Japan - Four recipients of this year's Praemium Imperiale prizes sponsored by the Japan Art Association sit for a joint news conference in Tokyo on Oct. 24. (From L to R) Jean Nouvel, Ornette Coleman, Marta Pan and Lee Ufan. Arthur Miller, a fifth recipient, was unable to come to Japan because of his wife's illness. The winners will receive their prizes in a ceremony in Tokyo on Oct. 25.

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Arthur Miller among 5 Praemium Imperiale laureates

TOKYO, Japan - Arthur Miller (file photo), the American playwright best known for his ''Death of a Salesman,'' and four other foreign artists have been awarded the 13th Praemium Imperiale, the Japan Art Association said in Tokyo on Sept. 14. Miller was named the recipient in the theater/film category while Lee Ufan, a South Korean living in Japan, was named a laureate in painting, Marta Pan, of France, in sculpture, Jean Nouvel, also of France, in architecture, and Ornette Coleman, an American saxophonist, in music. The Praemium Imperiale was established in 1987 to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the Japan Art Association.

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Japan art award winners meet the press

TOKYO, Japan - Four of the five winners of the prestigious Japanese art award Praemium Imperiale meet the press in Tokyo on Oct. 25 ahead of the award ceremony on Oct. 26. (From L to R) A proxy for Niki de Saint Phalle, winner in sculpture, Richard Rogers, who won in architecture, Hans Werner Henze, in music, Ellsworth Kelly, in painting, and Stephen Sondheim, in theater/film.