The Praemium Imperiale Awards International Honors for Design and Some Other Arts
Among annual international awards for design, the Praemium Imperiale stands only a notch behind the pinnacle Pritzker Prize. Sponsored by the Japan Art Association, its honors are conferred on stellar achievement in five areas of the arts: Architecture, Painting, Sculpture, Music, and Theater/Film. Intended to recognize “lifetime achievement in those art categories not covered by the Nobel Prizes,” each is accompanied by a medal and 15 million yen (c. $136,000), The 2018 awards will be bestowed by Prince Hitachi in Tokyo on October 23. Inaugurated in 1989, the Praemium had so far honored 149 artists, including the architects I.M. Pei (the first recipient), James Stirling, Kenzo Tange, Frank Gehry, Renzo Piano, Oscar Niemeyer, and Zaha Hadid. Honorees in other fields have included Leonard Bernstein, Federico Fellini, Louise Bourgeois, Stephen Sondheim, Elsworth Kelly, Arthur Miller, Sophia Loren, and Mikhail Baryshnikov. Christian de Portzamparc: Designs for France and the World Portzamparc is …
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