# Wolf Prize in Arts

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:
| Year | Field | Laureate(s) | Country |
| 1981 | Painting | Marc Chagall Antoni Tàpies | Russian Empire / France Spain |
| 1982 | Music | Vladimir Horowitz Olivier Messiaen Josef Tal | Russian Empire / United States France Israel |
| 1983/4 | Architecture | Ralph Erskine | United Kingdom / Sweden |
| 1984/5 | Sculpture | Eduardo Chillida | Spain |
| 1986 | Painting | Jasper Johns | United States |
| 1987 | Music | Isaac Stern Krzysztof Penderecki | United States Poland |
| 1988 | Architecture | Fumihiko Maki Giancarlo De Carlo | Japan Italy |
| 1989 | Sculpture | Claes Oldenburg | Sweden / United States |
| 1990 | Painting | Anselm Kiefer | Germany |
| 1991 | Music | Yehudi Menuhin Luciano Berio | United States / United Kingdom Italy |
| 1992 | Architecture | Frank Gehry Jørn Utzon Denys Lasdun | Canada / United States Denmark United Kingdom |
| 1993 | Sculpture | Bruce Nauman | United States |
| 1994/5 | Painting | Gerhard Richter | Germany |
| 1995/6 | Music | Zubin Mehta György Ligeti | India Austria Hungary |
| 1996/7 | Architecture | Frei Otto Aldo van Eyck | Germany Netherlands |
| 1998 | Sculpture | James Turrell | United States |
| 1999 | Painting | Not awarded | |
| 2000 | Music | Pierre Boulez Riccardo Muti | France Italy |
| 2001 | Architecture | Álvaro Siza | Portugal |
| 2002/3 | Painting | Louise Bourgeois | France / United States |
| 2004 | Music | Mstislav Rostropovich Daniel Barenboim | Russia Argentina / Israel |
| 2005 | Architecture | Jean Nouvel | France |
| 2006/7 | Painting | Michelangelo Pistoletto | Italy |
| 2008 | Music | Giya Kancheli Claudio Abbado | Georgia Italy |
| 2010 | Architecture | David Chipperfield Peter Eisenman | United Kingdom United States |
| 2011 | Painting | Rosemarie Trockel | Germany |
| 2012 | Music | Plácido Domingo Simon Rattle | Spain United Kingdom |
| 2013 | Architecture | Eduardo Souto de Moura | Portugal |
| 2014 | Sculpture | Olafur Eliasson | Denmark |
| 2015 | Music | Jessye Norman Murray Perahia | United States United States |
| 2016 | Architecture | Phyllis Lambert | Canada |
| 2017 | Painting / Sculpture | Laurie Anderson Lawrence Weiner | United States United States |
| 2018 | Music | Paul McCartney Ádám Fischer | United Kingdom Hungary |
| 2019 | Architecture | Moshe Safdie | Israel |
| 2020 | Painting / Sculpture | Cindy Sherman | United States |
| 2021 | Music | Stevie Wonder Olga Neuwirth | United States Austria |
| 2022 | Architecture | Elizabeth Diller Momoyo Kaijima Yoshiharu Tsukamoto | United States Japan Japan |
| 2023 | Sculpture | Fujiko Nakaya Richard Long | Japan United Kingdom |
| 2024 | Music | György Kurtág | Romania / Hungary |
| 2025 | Architecture | Xu Tiantian | China |

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