The Wolf Prize in Arts is awarded annually by the not-for-profit
Wolf Foundation in
Israel
Israel (; he, יִשְׂרָאֵל, ; ar, إِسْرَائِيل, ), officially the State of Israel ( he, מְדִינַת יִשְׂרָאֵל, label=none, translit=Medīnat Yīsrāʾēl; ), is a country in Western Asia. It is situated ...
. It is one of the six
Wolf Prize
The Wolf Prize is an international award granted in Israel, that has been presented most years since 1978 to living scientists and artists for ''"achievements in the interest of mankind and friendly relations among people ... irrespective of natio ...
s established by the Foundation, and has been awarded since 1981; the others are in
Agriculture
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,
Chemistry
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,
Mathematics
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,
Medicine
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and
Physics
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, awarded since 1978. The Prize rotates annually among painting, music, architecture and sculpture.
Laureates
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Laureates per country
Below is a chart of all laureates per country (updated to 2022 laureates). Some laureates are counted more than once if have multiple citizenship.
Notes and references
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{{Wolf Prize in Arts
Architecture awards
International art awards
Israeli music awards
Arts
The arts are a very wide range of human practices of creative expression, storytelling and cultural participation. They encompass multiple diverse and plural modes of thinking, doing and being, in an extremely broad range of media. Both hi ...
Lists of Israeli award winners
Awards established in 1981
Arts awards in Israel
1981 establishments in Israel