Wolf Prize in Arts

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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.

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Laureates

Source: [1]

YearFieldLaureate(s)Country
1981Painting Marc Chagall
Antoni Tàpies 		Flag of Russia.svg  Russian Empire / Flag of France.svg  France
Flag of Spain.svg  Spain
1982Music Vladimir Horowitz
Olivier Messiaen
Josef Tal 		Flag of Russia.svg  Russian Empire / Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States
Flag of France.svg  France
Flag of Israel.svg  Israel
1983/4Architecture Ralph Erskine Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom / Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
1984/5Sculpture Eduardo Chillida Flag of Spain.svg  Spain
1986Painting Jasper Johns Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States
1987Music Isaac Stern
Krzysztof Penderecki 		Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States
Flag of Poland.svg  Poland
1988Architecture Fumihiko Maki
Giancarlo De Carlo 		Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
1989Sculpture Claes Oldenburg Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden / Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States
1990Painting Anselm Kiefer Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
1991Music Yehudi Menuhin
Luciano Berio 		Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States / Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
1992Architecture Frank Gehry
Jørn Utzon
Denys Lasdun 		Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada / Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States
Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom
1993Sculpture Bruce Nauman Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States
1994/5Painting Gerhard Richter Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
1995/6Music Zubin Mehta
György Ligeti 		Flag of India.svg  India
Flag of Austria.svg  Austria
Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary
1996/7Architecture Frei Otto
Aldo van Eyck 		Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands
1998Sculpture James Turrell Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States
1999PaintingNot awarded
2000Music Pierre Boulez
Riccardo Muti 		Flag of France.svg  France
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
2001Architecture Álvaro Siza Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal
2002/3Painting Louise Bourgeois Flag of France.svg  France / Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States
2004Music Mstislav Rostropovich
Daniel Barenboim 		Flag of Russia.svg  Russia
Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina / Flag of Israel.svg  Israel
2005Architecture Jean Nouvel Flag of France.svg  France
2006/7Painting Michelangelo Pistoletto Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
2008Music Giya Kancheli
Claudio Abbado 		Flag of Georgia.svg  Georgia
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
2010Architecture David Chipperfield
Peter Eisenman 		Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom
Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States
2011Painting Rosemarie Trockel Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
2012Music Plácido Domingo
Simon Rattle 		Flag of Spain.svg  Spain
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom
2013Architecture Eduardo Souto de Moura Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal
2014Sculpture Olafur Eliasson Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark
2015Music Jessye Norman
Murray Perahia 		Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States
Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States
2016Architecture Phyllis Lambert Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
2017Painting / Sculpture Laurie Anderson
Lawrence Weiner 		Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States
Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States
2018Music Paul McCartney
Ádám Fischer 		Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom
Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary
2019Architecture Moshe Safdie Flag of Israel.svg  Israel
2020Painting / Sculpture Cindy Sherman Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States
2021Music Stevie Wonder
Olga Neuwirth 		Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States
Flag of Austria.svg  Austria
2022Architecture Elizabeth Diller
Momoyo Kaijima
Yoshiharu Tsukamoto 		Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
2023Sculpture Fujiko Nakaya
Richard Long 		Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom
2024Music György Kurtág Flag of Romania.svg  Romania / Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary
2025Architecture Xu Tiantian Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China

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.

CountryNumber of laureates
Flag of the United States.svg  United States 17
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 7
Flag of France.svg  France 5
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 5
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 4
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 4
Flag of Israel.svg  Israel 3
Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 3
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 3
Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 3
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 2
Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 2
Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 2
Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 2
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 2
Flag of India.svg  India 1
Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina 1
Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 1
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 1
Flag of Georgia.svg  Georgia 1
Flag of Romania.svg  Romania 1
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 1

Notes and references

  1. ↑ "The Wolf Prize". Wolf Foundation. 11 January 2020. Retrieved 18 March 2021.
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