Today, the names of the new Praemium Imperiale Laureates were announced in London, Berlin, Paris, Rome, New York and Tokyo. The 5 recipients in their respective fields are Ricardo Legorreta (Architecture, Mexico), Anish Kapoor (Sculpture, UK), Bill Viola (Painting, USA), Seiji Ozawa (Music, Japan), and Judi Dench…

Today, the Japan Art Association named the 2010 Praemium Imperiale Laureates. The winners of this year's prestigious Praemium Imperiale arts awards are Toyo Ito (Architecture, Japan) , Sophia Loren (Theater/Film, Italy), Enrico Castellani (Painting, Italy), Rebecca Horn (Sculpture, Germany), and Maurizio Pollini (Music, Italy).

British Iraqi architect Zaha Hadid has been awarded the prestigious Praemium Imperiale Award for Architecture by the Japan Art Association. “It is indeed an honor to receive this recognition from the Japan Art Association.” said Hadid. “Working in Japan has been critical to the development of my work around the…