The inaugural Serpentine x FLAG Art Foundation Prize will go to Tokyo-based artist Gozo Yoshimasu, who will receive £200,000 (about $272,000), as well as exhibitions in London and New York as part of the prize. Yoshimasu is better known as a poet who first emerged in the avant-garde scene of 1960s Tokyo. Over the course of his career, he has merged his poetry with various forms of art-making, including performance, photography, audio recordings, and moving image. “My work has always moved between poetry, image and sound, so it means a great deal to have that recognised in this way. I’ve never thought of it as a fixed practice, it’s something that keeps evolving, shaped by places, people and time. This award feels like an encouragement to keep exploring,” Yoshimasu said in a statement.…