Robert Wilson awarded Praemium Imperiale

Robert Wilson has been awarded the 2023 Praemium Imperiale in the theatre/film section. Inaugurated in 1988 and awarded annually, the global art prize, awarded by the Imperial family of Japan on behalf of the Japan Art Association, recognises outstanding contributions to art across the fields of painting, sculpture, architecture, music, and theatre/film. 

Robert Wilson works across a wide variety of artistic disciplines and is an acclaimed director, stage architect, designer, choreographer, curator, visual and light artist. Since the late 1960s, his productions have decisively shaped the contemporary aesthetics of theatre and opera. Through his signature use of light, investigations into the structure of simple movements and the classical rigour of his designs, the force and originality of his vision is apparent across all media.