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

Source:[1]

YearFieldLaureate(s)Country
1981PaintingMarc Chagall
Antoni Tàpies
 Russian Empire /  France
 Spain
1982MusicVladimir Horowitz
Olivier Messiaen
Josef Tal
 Russian Empire /  United States
 France
 Israel
1983/4ArchitectureRalph Erskine United Kingdom /  Sweden
1984/5SculptureEduardo Chillida Spain
1986PaintingJasper Johns United States
1987MusicIsaac Stern
Krzysztof Penderecki
 United States
 Poland
1988ArchitectureFumihiko Maki
Giancarlo De Carlo
 Japan
 Italy
1989SculptureClaes Oldenburg Sweden /  United States
1990PaintingAnselm Kiefer Germany
1991MusicYehudi Menuhin
Luciano Berio
 United States /  United Kingdom
 Italy
1992ArchitectureFrank Gehry
Jørn Utzon
Denys Lasdun
 Canada /  United States
 Denmark
 United Kingdom
1993SculptureBruce Nauman United States
1994/5PaintingGerhard Richter Germany
1995/6MusicZubin Mehta
György Ligeti
 India
 Austria
 Hungary
1996/7ArchitectureFrei Otto
Aldo van Eyck
 Germany
 Netherlands
1998SculptureJames Turrell United States
1999PaintingNot awarded
2000MusicPierre Boulez
Riccardo Muti
 France
 Italy
2001ArchitectureÁlvaro Siza Portugal
2002SculptureNot awarded
2002/3PaintingLouise Bourgeois France /  United States
2004MusicMstislav Rostropovich
Daniel Barenboim
 Russia
 Argentina /  Israel
2005ArchitectureJean Nouvel France
2006SculptureNot awarded
2006/7PaintingMichelangelo Pistoletto Italy
2008MusicGiya Kancheli
Claudio Abbado
 Georgia
 Italy
2010ArchitectureDavid Chipperfield
Peter Eisenman
 United Kingdom
 United States
2011PaintingRosemarie Trockel Germany
2012MusicPlácido Domingo
Simon Rattle
 Spain
 United Kingdom
2013ArchitectureEduardo Souto de Moura Portugal
2014SculptureOlafur Eliasson Denmark
2015MusicJessye Norman
Murray Perahia
 United States
 United States
2016ArchitecturePhyllis Lambert Canada
2017Painting / SculptureLaurie Anderson
Lawrence Weiner
 United States
 United States
2018MusicPaul McCartney
Ádám Fischer
 United Kingdom
 Hungary
2019ArchitectureMoshe Safdie Israel
2020Painting / SculptureCindy Sherman United States
2021MusicStevie Wonder
Olga Neuwirth
 United States
 Austria
2022ArchitectureElizabeth Diller
Momoyo Kaijima
Yoshiharu Tsukamoto
 United States
 Japan
 Japan
2023SculptureFujiko Nakaya
Richard Long
 Japan
 United Kingdom

Laureates per country

Below is a chart of all laureates per country (updated to 2023 laureates). Some laureates are counted more than once if they have multiple citizenships.

Country Number of laureates
 United States 17
 United Kingdom 7
 France 5
 Italy 5
 Japan 4
 Germany 4
 Israel 3
 Russia 3
 Spain 3
 Sweden 2
 Portugal 2
 Hungary 2
 Austria 2
 Denmark 2
 Canada 2
 India 1
 Argentina 1
 Poland 1
 Netherlands 1
 Georgia 1

Notes and references

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