Gold Medal of Merit in the Fine Arts (Spain)
The Gold Medal of Merit in the Fine Arts is awarded by the Ministry of Culture of Spain to individuals or institutions excelling in artistic or cultural creation or to those that have provided valuable services to promotion of art and culture or to conservation of artistic heritage.
Award recipients
Some notorious award recipients
- Salvador Dalí (painter, sculptor), 1971
- Rafael Manzano (architect), 1972
- Joan Miró (painter), 1980
- Luis Buñuel (cinema director), 1981
- Plácido Domingo (Singer), 1983
- Rufino Tamayo (painter), 1985
- Joan Brossa (poet, playwright and experimental artist), 1995
- Pedro Almodóvar (cinema director), 1998
- Guggenheim Museum Bilbao, 1998
- Oscar de la Renta (fashion designer), 1999
- Alberto Schommer, (photographer), 2008
- Antonio Banderas (actor), 2008
- Miguel Bosé (singer, composer), 2009
- Alejandro Sanz (singer, composer), 2011
- Mansilla+Tuñón (architects), 2014
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