Gold Medal of Merit in the Fine Arts
The Gold Medal of Merit in the Fine Arts (Spanish: Medalla de Oro al Mérito en las Bellas Artes) is awarded by the Ministry of Culture and Sport 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.
The medals were created by means of a December 1969 decree, and are bestowed on an annual basis. Until 1995, both gold and silver medals were awarded, after which only the gold medal has been granted.
Award recipients
Some award recipients include:
- Joaquín Achúcarro (pianist, teacher), 1996
- Alaska (singer), 2015
- Pedro Almodóvar (cinema director), 1998
- Antonio Banderas (actor), 2008
- Miguel Bosé (singer, composer), 2009
- Joan Brossa (poet, playwright and experimental artist), 1995
- Luis Buñuel (cinema director), 1981
- Ceesepe (cartoonist, painter), 2011
- Salvador Dalí (painter, sculptor), 1971
- Plácido Domingo (Singer), 1983
- Gustavo Dudamel (conductor), 2020
- Fernando Fernán Gómez (actor, director and playwright), 1981
- Eloísa García de Wattenberg (historian), 2010
- Guggenheim Museum Bilbao, 1998
- El Hortelano (painter), 2009
- Carmen Laffón (painter), 1999
- Chus Lampreave (actress), 2001
- Carmen Linares (singer), 2005
- Ana Locking (fashion designer), 2021
- Rafael Manzano (architect), 1972
- Joan Miró (painter), 1980
- Enrique Morente (singer), 2005
- Anne-Sophie Mutter (musician), 2016
- Maria Pages (dancer & choreographer), 2015
- Ángel Peralta Pineda (rejoneador), 2013
- Oscar de la Renta (fashion designer), 1999
- María La Ribot (dancer), 2015
- Carmen Sevilla, 2003
- Joaquín Sabina (singer, composer), 2005
- Alejandro Sanz (singer, composer), 2011
- Eleanor Sayre, (international expert on Goya), 1991
- Alberto Schommer, (photographer), 2008
- Francisco Ibáñez Talavera (comic book artist), 2002
- Rufino Tamayo (painter), 1985
- Mansilla+Tuñón (architects), 2014
- Patricia Urquiola (architect and designer), 2011
- Mauricio Wiesenthal (writer), 2016