Idemitsu Art Award

What is Idemitsu Art Award?

The Idemitsu Art Award is a public art award that will be held for the 52nd time in 2023.
Established in 1956 as the Shell Art Award, it was renamed to the Idemitsu Art Award in 2022.
This art award is for young artists who will lead the next generation, and has been based on a completely open recruitment system since its founding. Today, it is highly regarded in the art world as a "gateway to success for young artists."
With "culture" that fosters spiritual richness as one of the core of our corporate citizenship activities, we will support the creation, challenge, and growth energy of those who will lead the next generation through the "Idemitsu Art Award". .

About the Idemitsu Art Award logo

Energy filling the canvas.

A canvas as a place to express talent.
With this award, we will
The design captures the feeling of energy being poured into it.

That energy eventually overflows the canvas,
It spreads to society. And, touching people,
We will become the vitality of the local community and foster a new culture with a spiritually rich life.
It becomes the energy that helps realize a sustainable society and fills the earth.

From canvas, to people, to the future.
The energy released by young talents becomes the energy of society.
That is Idemitsu's wish in this design.

Idemitsu Art Award Exhibition 2023

Exhibition information

Period	Wednesday, December 13, 2023 - Monday, December 25, 2023 *Closed on the 19th (Tuesday)
Time	10:00 to 18:00 (admission deadline 17:30) *On the final day, the 25th (Monday), the museum will be open until 16:00 (admission deadline: 15:30)
venue	The National Art Center, Tokyo 1st floor exhibition room 1B (7-22-2 Roppongi, Minato-ku, Tokyo)
Exhibition contents	Idemitsu Art Award 2023 winning/selected works Idemitsu Art Award Artist Selection 2023 Works