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Kan Yasuda Wins 2025 Isamu Noguchi Prize in New York

The Noguchi Museum cited his tactile, site‑sensitive sculpture as carrying forward Noguchi’s boundary‑breaking ethos.

Overview

  • The award was presented at the Noguchi Museum on November 17, 2025.
  • The museum assessed Yasuda as inheriting Noguchi’s ideal of creativity that breaks boundaries.
  • Yasuda, 80, was born in Bibai, Hokkaido, and is based in Italy.
  • He is known for marble and bronze works conceived to harmonize with natural settings.
  • He said he hopes to increase works worldwide that children can touch and hug to experience with their whole bodies.