Japan Art Association Names 2009 Praemium Imperiale Laureates
On Thursday the Japan Art Association announced the winners of the twenty-first Praemium Imperiale, the international arts prize established “in memory of His Imperial Highness Prince Takamatsu to celebrate the human spirit as expressed through the genius of the world’s artists.”
Hiroshi Sugimoto (painting, a category that apparently encompasses photography),is known for his large-format photography, U2 used one of them for a CD jacket this year.
