ART

Anselm Kiefer Gets Israeli Prize: West German painter Anselm Kiefer has been awarded the $100,000 Wolf Prize in the arts. Kiefer will be presented the prize by Israeli President Chaim Herzog in May at the Knesset. In an announcement, the Israel-based Wolf Foundation said that Kiefer, who was born in 1945, “has created an art that synthesizes human history and the present condition of life in epic canvases that inspire gravity and awe.” Kiefer first came to prominence in the 1970s with subjects that dealt derisively with his German heritage, particularly the Nazi period.