Editing Wolf Prize in Arts

{{short description|Award branch of the Wolf Prize}}
The '''Wolf Prize in Arts''' is awarded annually by the not-for-profit [[Wolf Foundation]] in [[Israel]]. It is one of the six [[Wolf Prize]]s established by the Foundation, and has been awarded since 1981; the others are in [[Wolf Prize in Agriculture|Agriculture]], [[Wolf Prize in Chemistry|Chemistry]], [[Wolf Prize in Mathematics|Mathematics]], [[Wolf Prize in Medicine|Medicine]] and [[Wolf Prize in Physics|Physics]], awarded since 1978. The Prize rotates annually among painting, music, architecture and sculpture.

==Laureates==
Source:<ref name="Wolf Foundation 2020">{{cite web | title=The Wolf Prize | website=Wolf Foundation | date=11 January 2020 | url=https://wolffund.org.il/the-wolf-prize/ | access-date=18 March 2021}}</ref>

{| align="center" class="wikitable sortable"
|-
!Year !! Field !! Laureate(s) !! Country
|-
| 1981 || Painting || [[Marc Chagall]] <br> [[Antoni Tàpies]] || {{Flag|Russian Empire}} / {{FRA}} <br> {{ESP}}
|-
| 1982 || Music || [[Vladimir Horowitz]] <br> [[Olivier Messiaen]] <br> [[Josef Tal]] || {{Flag|Russian Empire}} / {{USA}} <br> {{FRA}} <br> {{ISR}}
|-
| 1983/4 || Architecture || [[Ralph Erskine (architect)|Ralph Erskine]] || {{GBR}} / {{SWE}}
|-
| 1984/5 || Sculpture || [[Eduardo Chillida]] || {{ESP}}
|-
| 1986 || Painting || [[Jasper Johns]] || {{USA}}
|-
| 1987 || Music || [[Isaac Stern]] <br> [[Krzysztof Penderecki]] || {{USA}} <br> {{POL}}
|-
| 1988 || Architecture || [[Fumihiko Maki]] <br> [[Giancarlo De Carlo]] || {{JPN}} <br> {{ITA}}
|-
| 1989 || Sculpture || [[Claes Oldenburg]] || {{SWE}} / {{USA}}
|-
| 1990 || Painting || [[Anselm Kiefer]] || {{GER}}
|-
| 1991 || Music || [[Yehudi Menuhin]] <br> [[Luciano Berio]] || {{USA}} / {{GBR}} <br> {{ITA}}
|-
| 1992 || Architecture || [[Frank Gehry]] <br> [[Jørn Utzon]] <br> [[Denys Lasdun]] || {{CAN}} / {{USA}} <br> {{DEN}} <br> {{GBR}}
|-
| 1993 || Sculpture || [[Bruce Nauman]] || {{USA}}
|-
| 1994/5 || Painting || [[Gerhard Richter]] || {{GER}}
|-
| 1995/6 || Music || [[Zubin Mehta]] <br> [[György Ligeti]] || {{IND}} <br> {{AUT}} <br> {{HUN}}
|-
| 1996/7 || Architecture || [[Frei Otto]] <br> [[Aldo van Eyck]] || {{GER}} <br> {{NED}}
|-
| 1998 || Sculpture || [[James Turrell]]  || {{USA}}
|-
| 1999 || Painting || ''Not awarded'' || 
|-
| 2000 || Music || [[Pierre Boulez]] <br> [[Riccardo Muti]] || {{FRA}} <br> {{ITA}}
|-
| 2001 || Architecture || [[Álvaro Siza]] || {{POR}}
|-
| 2002/3 || Painting || [[Louise Bourgeois]] || {{FRA}} / {{USA}}
|-
| 2004 || Music || [[Mstislav Rostropovich]] <br> [[Daniel Barenboim]] || {{RUS}} <br> {{ARG}} / {{ISR}}
|-
| 2005 || Architecture || [[Jean Nouvel]] || {{FRA}}
|-
| 2006/7 || Painting || [[Michelangelo Pistoletto]]  || {{ITA}}
|-
| 2008 || Music || [[Giya Kancheli]] <br> [[Claudio Abbado]] || {{GEO}} <br> {{ITA}} 
|-
| 2010 || Architecture || [[David Chipperfield]] <br> [[Peter Eisenman]] || {{GBR}} <br> {{USA}}
|-
| 2011 || Painting || [[Rosemarie Trockel]] || {{GER}}
|-
| 2012 || Music || [[Plácido Domingo]] <br> [[Simon Rattle]] || {{ESP}} <br> {{GBR}}
|-
| 2013 || Architecture || [[Eduardo Souto de Moura]]  || {{POR}} 
|-
| 2014 || Sculpture || [[Olafur Eliasson]]  || {{DEN}} 
|-
| 2015 || Music || [[Jessye Norman]] <br> [[Murray Perahia]] || {{USA}} <br> {{USA}} 
|-
| 2016 || Architecture || [[Phyllis Lambert]]  || {{CAN}} 
|-
| 2017 || Painting / Sculpture || [[Laurie Anderson]] <br> [[Lawrence Weiner]] || {{USA}} <br> {{USA}}
|-
| 2018 || Music || [[Paul McCartney]] <br> [[Ádám Fischer]] || {{GBR}} <br> {{HUN}} 
|-
| 2019 || Architecture || [[Moshe Safdie]]  || {{ISR}} 
|-
| 2020 || Painting / Sculpture || [[Cindy Sherman]]  || {{USA}} 
|-
| 2021 || Music || [[Stevie Wonder]] <br> [[Olga Neuwirth]] || {{USA}} <br> {{AUT}} 
|-
| 2022 || Architecture || [[Elizabeth Diller]] <br> [[Momoyo Kaijima]] <br> [[Yoshiharu Tsukamoto]]|| {{USA}} <br> {{JAP}} <br> {{JAP}} 
|-
| 2023 || Sculpture || [[Fujiko Nakaya]] <br> [[Richard Long (artist)|Richard Long]] || {{JAP}} <br> {{GBR}}
|-
| 2024 || Music || [[György Kurtág]]  || {{ROM}} / {{HUN}}
|-
| 2025 || Architecture  || [[Xu Tiantian]]  || {{CHN}}
|}

== 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.
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center; overflow:auto;border:2px solid; margin-left:0px; margin-right:auto;"
|-  style="background:#ececec; vertical-align:top;"
!Country
!Number of laureates
|-
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flag|United States}}
|17
|-
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flag|United Kingdom}}
|7
|-
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flag|France}}
|5
|-
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flag|Italy}}
|5
|-
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flag|Japan}}
|4
|-
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flag|Germany}}
|4
|-
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flag|Israel}}
|3
|-
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flag|Hungary}}
|3
|-
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flag|Russia}}
|3
|-
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flag|Spain}}
|3
|-
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flag|Sweden}}
|2
|-
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flag|Portugal}}
|2
|-
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flag|Austria}}
|2
|-
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flag|Denmark}}
|2
|-
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flag|Canada}}
|2
|-
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flag|India}}
|1
|-
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flag|Argentina}}
|1
|-
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flag|Poland}}
|1
|-
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flag|Netherlands}}
|1
|-
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flag|Georgia}}
|1
|-
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flag|Romania}}
|1
|-
| style="text-align:left;" |{{flag|China}}
|1
|}

== Notes and references ==
{{Reflist}}

* [http://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/Health/Wolf-Prizes-in-the-sciences-and-arts-presented-to-nine-North-Americans-389466 Wolf Prizes 2015] 
* [http://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/Weizmann-professor-among-7-Wolf-Prize-laureates-441464 Wolf Prizes 2016]
* [http://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/Culture/Paul-McCartney-among-9-Wolf-Prize-recipients-542404 Wolf Prizes 2018]
* [https://wolffund.org.il/the-wolf-prize/#Laureates Wolf Prize 2020]
* [https://wolffund.org.il/tiantian-xu/ Wolf Prize 2025]

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{{Wolf Prize in Arts}}

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