Wolf Prize in Arts
{{short description|Award branch of the Wolf Prize}}
The Wolf Prize in Arts is awarded annually by the not-for-profit Wolf Foundation in Israel. It is one of the six Wolf Prizes established by the Foundation, and has been awarded since 1981; the others are in Agriculture, Chemistry, Mathematics, Medicine and Physics, awarded since 1978. The Prize rotates annually among painting, music, architecture and sculpture.
Laureates
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| Year | Field | Laureate(s) | Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1981 | Painting | Marc Chagall Antoni Tàpies | {{Flag|Russian Empire}} / {{FRA}} {{ESP}} |
| 1982 | Music | Vladimir Horowitz Olivier Messiaen Josef Tal | {{Flag|Russian Empire}} / {{USA}} {{FRA}} {{ISR}} |
| 1983/4 | Architecture | Ralph Erskine | {{GBR}} / {{SWE}} |
| 1984/5 | Sculpture | Eduardo Chillida | {{ESP}} |
| 1986 | Painting | Jasper Johns | {{USA}} |
| 1987 | Music | Isaac Stern Krzysztof Penderecki | {{USA}} {{POL}} |
| 1988 | Architecture | Fumihiko Maki Giancarlo De Carlo | {{JPN}} {{ITA}} |
| 1989 | Sculpture | Claes Oldenburg | {{SWE}} / {{USA}} |
| 1990 | Painting | Anselm Kiefer | {{GER}} |
| 1991 | Music | Yehudi Menuhin Luciano Berio | {{USA}} / {{GBR}} {{ITA}} |
| 1992 | Architecture | Frank Gehry Jørn Utzon Denys Lasdun | {{CAN}} / {{USA}} {{DEN}} {{GBR}} |
| 1993 | Sculpture | Bruce Nauman | {{USA}} |
| 1994/5 | Painting | Gerhard Richter | {{GER}} |
| 1995/6 | Music | Zubin Mehta György Ligeti | {{IND}} {{AUT}} {{HUN}} |
| 1996/7 | Architecture | Frei Otto Aldo van Eyck | {{GER}} {{NED}} |
| 1998 | Sculpture | James Turrell | {{USA}} |
| 1999 | Painting | Not awarded | |
| 2000 | Music | Pierre Boulez Riccardo Muti | {{FRA}} {{ITA}} |
| 2001 | Architecture | Álvaro Siza | {{POR}} |
| 2002/3 | Painting | Louise Bourgeois | {{FRA}} / {{USA}} |
| 2004 | Music | Mstislav Rostropovich Daniel Barenboim | {{RUS}} {{ARG}} / {{ISR}} |
| 2005 | Architecture | Jean Nouvel | {{FRA}} |
| 2006/7 | Painting | Michelangelo Pistoletto | {{ITA}} |
| 2008 | Music | Giya Kancheli Claudio Abbado | {{GEO}} {{ITA}} |
| 2010 | Architecture | David Chipperfield Peter Eisenman | {{GBR}} {{USA}} |
| 2011 | Painting | Rosemarie Trockel | {{GER}} |
| 2012 | Music | Plácido Domingo Simon Rattle | {{ESP}} {{GBR}} |
| 2013 | Architecture | Eduardo Souto de Moura | {{POR}} |
| 2014 | Sculpture | Olafur Eliasson | {{DEN}} |
| 2015 | Music | Jessye Norman Murray Perahia | {{USA}} {{USA}} |
| 2016 | Architecture | Phyllis Lambert | {{CAN}} |
| 2017 | Painting / Sculpture | Laurie Anderson Lawrence Weiner | {{USA}} {{USA}} |
| 2018 | Music | Paul McCartney Ádám Fischer | {{GBR}} {{HUN}} |
| 2019 | Architecture | Moshe Safdie | {{ISR}} |
| 2020 | Painting / Sculpture | Cindy Sherman | {{USA}} |
| 2021 | Music | Stevie Wonder Olga Neuwirth | {{USA}} {{AUT}} |
| 2022 | Architecture | Elizabeth Diller Momoyo Kaijima Yoshiharu Tsukamoto | {{USA}} {{JAP}} {{JAP}} |
| 2023 | Sculpture | Fujiko Nakaya Richard Long | {{JAP}} {{GBR}} |
| 2024 | Music | György Kurtág | {{ROM}} / {{HUN}} |
| 2025 | Architecture | Xu Tiantian | {{CHN}} |
Laureates per country
Below is a chart of all laureates per country (updated to 2025 laureates). Some laureates are counted more than once if they have multiple citizenships.
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!Country !Number of laureates |
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flag|United States}}
|17 |
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flag|United Kingdom}}
|7 |
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flag|France}}
|5 |
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flag|Italy}}
|5 |
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flag|Japan}}
|4 |
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flag|Germany}}
|4 |
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flag|Israel}}
|3 |
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flag|Hungary}}
|3 |
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flag|Russia}}
|3 |
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flag|Spain}}
|3 |
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flag|Sweden}}
|2 |
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flag|Portugal}}
|2 |
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flag|Austria}}
|2 |
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flag|Denmark}}
|2 |
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flag|Canada}}
|2 |
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flag|India}}
|1 |
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flag|Argentina}}
|1 |
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flag|Poland}}
|1 |
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flag|Netherlands}}
|1 |
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flag|Georgia}}
|1 |
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flag|Romania}}
|1 |
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flag|China}}
|1 |
Notes and references
{{Reflist}}
- [http://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/Health/Wolf-Prizes-in-the-sciences-and-arts-presented-to-nine-North-Americans-389466 Wolf Prizes 2015]
- [http://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/Weizmann-professor-among-7-Wolf-Prize-laureates-441464 Wolf Prizes 2016]
- [http://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/Culture/Paul-McCartney-among-9-Wolf-Prize-recipients-542404 Wolf Prizes 2018]
- [https://wolffund.org.il/the-wolf-prize/#Laureates Wolf Prize 2020]
- [https://wolffund.org.il/tiantian-xu/ Wolf Prize 2025]
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Category:International architecture awards
Category:International art awards
Category:Lists of Israeli award winners
Category:Awards established in 1981
Category:Arts awards in Israel