Gold Medal of Merit in the Fine Arts
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The Gold Medal of Merit in the Fine Arts ({{langx|es|Medalla de Oro al Mérito en las Bellas Artes|link=no}}) is awarded by the Ministry of Culture and Sport of Spain{{Cite web|url=https://www.efe.com/efe/espana/cultura/llegan-a-pamplona-los-primeros-galardonados-con-medallas-las-bellas-artes/10005-4751117|website=EFE|title=Llegan a Pamplona los primeros galardonados con Medallas a las Bellas Artes|date=2 March 2022}} 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.{{Cite web |date=20 February 2009 |title=Arzak y la Fundación BBVA, premiados con la Medalla de Oro al Mérito en las Bellas Artes |url=https://www.elimparcial.es/noticia/33758/cultura/arzak-y-la-fundacion-bbva-premiados-con-la-medalla-de-oro-al-merito-en-las-bellas-artes.html |website=El Imparcial |language=es}} Until 1995, both gold and silver medals were awarded, after which only the gold medal has been granted.{{Cite web |title=Gold Medal for Merit in Fine Arts at Spain is culture. |url=http://www.spainisculture.com/en/premios/medalla_de_oro_al_merito_en_las_bellas_artes.html |access-date=2023-10-03 |website=www.spainisculture.com}}
Award recipients
Some award recipients include:
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- Joaquín Achúcarro (pianist, teacher), 1996
- Alaska (singer), 2015
- Pedro Almodóvar (cinema director), 1998
- Miguel Báez Espuny (bullfighter), 1998{{cite web
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- Antonio Banderas (actor), 2008
- Miguel Bosé (singer, composer), 2009
- Joan Brossa (poet, playwright and experimental artist), 1995
- José Luis Garci (cinema director), 1996
- Luis Buñuel (cinema director), 1981
- Paco Camino (bullfighter), 2005
- Maria Teresa Campos (journalist), 2024[https://www.lavanguardia.com/gente/20241127/10146323/reyes-comparten-recuerdo-maria-teresa-campos-alegria-estopa.html Los Reyes comparten el recuerdo a María Teresa Campos y la alegría de los Estopa] {{in lang|es}}
- 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{{Versalita|Ministerio de Cultura}}: {{cite web|title=Real Decreto 1181/1981, de 8 de mayo, por el que se concede la Medalla al Mérito en las Bellas Artes, en su categoría de Oro, al Actor y Director don Fernando Fernán-Gómez. |publisher=Boletín Oficial del Estado |number=147 |pages=14139 |location=Madrid |url=http://boe.es/buscar/doc.php?id=BOE-A-1981-13991}}
- Luis García Berlanga (cinema director), 1982{{cite journal|url=https://www.boe.es/boe/dias/1982/03/05/pdfs/A05883-05883.pdf|journal=Boletín Oficial del Estado|title=Real Decreto 397/1982, del 28 de febrero, por el que se concede la Medalla al Mérito en las Bellas Artes, en su categoría de oro, a don Luis García Berlanga.|date=28 February 1982|access-date=30 August 2018|issue=34|page=37503|language=es}}
- Eloísa García de Wattenberg (historian), 2010
- Guggenheim Museum Bilbao, 1998
- El Hortelano (painter), 2009
- Francisco Ibáñez Talavera (comic book artist), 2002{{Cite news|url=https://www.lavanguardia.com/vida/20230715/9112271/adios-francisco-ibanez-prolifico-padre-mortadelo-filemon.html|title=Adiós a Francisco Ibáñez, el prolífico padre de "Mortadelo y Filemón"|date=15 July 2023|work=La Vanguardia|access-date=15 July 2023|archive-date=15 July 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230715155044/https://www.lavanguardia.com/vida/20230715/9112271/adios-francisco-ibanez-prolifico-padre-mortadelo-filemon.html|url-status=dead}}
- Carmen Laffón (painter), 1999{{Cite web |url=http://www.mcu.es/premios/docs/OtrosPremios/MedallasOro_1999.pdf |title=Relación de premiados del año 1999 |trans-title=1999 List of Winners |publisher=Ministry of Culture |language=Spanish |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111114191814/http://www.mcu.es/premios/docs/OtrosPremios/MedallasOro_1999.pdf |archive-date=14 November 2011 |url-status=dead |access-date=14 May 2019}}
- Chus Lampreave (actress), 2001{{Cite news|last=Galán|first=Diego|date=2016-04-05|title=Muere Chus Lampreave, rostro emblemático del cine español|language=es|work=El País|url=https://elpais.com/cultura/2016/04/04/actualidad/1459778668_086328.html|access-date=2021-01-09|issn=1134-6582}}
- Carmen Linares (singer), 2005
- Ana Locking (fashion designer), 2021 {{cite news|title=Las claves por las que Ana Locking se merece la Medalla de Oro al Mérito en las Bellas Artes | newspaper=ELLE | language=Spanish | date=29 December 2021 | url=https://www.elle.com/es/moda/tendencias/a38634504/ana-locking-gana-medalla-de-oro-al-merito-en-las-bellas-artes/}}
- José Luis López Vázquez (actor), 1985{{cite journal|url=https://boe.es/boe/dias/1985/07/03/pdfs/A20959-20959.pdf|title=Real Dectreto 1062/1985. de 19 de junio por el que se concede la medalla al Mérito en las Bellas Artes, en su categoría de Oro, a las personas y Entidades que se citab|journal=Boletín Oficial del Estado|language=es|date=3 July 1985}}
- Mansilla+Tuñón (architects), 2014
- Rafael Manzano (architect), 1972
- Joan Miró (painter), 1980
- Enrique Morente (singer), 2005
- Anne-Sophie Mutter (musician), 2016
- María Pagés (dancer & choreographer), 2015
- Ángel Peralta Pineda (rejoneador), 2013
- Oscar de la Renta (fashion designer), 1999
- María La Ribot (dancer), 2015{{Cite news |url=https://www.latribunadetoledo.es/noticia/Z59F1B2EB-A978-90E7-D1E6EE6CB7CD0EA8/201512/gregorio-maranon-y-cristina-iglesias-medalla-de-oro-de-las-bellas-artes |title=Gregorio Marañón y Cristina Iglesias, Medalla de Oro de las Bellas Artes |work=La Tribuna de Toledo |location=Toledo |language=Spanish |date=2015-12-30 |access-date=2019-08-31}}
- Joaquín Sabina (singer, composer), 2005
- Alejandro Sanz (singer, composer), 2011
- Eleanor Sayre, (international expert on Goya), 1991
- Alberto Schommer (photographer), 2008
- Carmen Sevilla (actress, singer & dancer), 2003{{cite journal |url=http://boe.es/boe/dias/2003/12/20/pdfs/A45377-45377.pdf |journal={{Lang|es|Boletín Oficial del Estado}} |title=REAL DECRETO 1774/2003, de 19 de diciembre, por el que se concede la Medalla al Mérito en las Bellas Artes, en su categoría de oro, a doña Carmen García Galisteo. |date=19 December 2003 |access-date=29 August 2018 |first1=Pilar |last1=del Castillo Vera |author-link=Pilar del Castillo Vera |first2=Juan Carlos |last2=R. |author2-link=Juan Carlos I of Spain |issue=304 |page=45377 |language=es }}
- Rufino Tamayo (painter), 1985 {{cite web |url=https://elpais.com/cultura/2016/04/04/actualidad/1459778668_086328.html |title=Muere Chus Lampreave, rostro emblemático del cine español |language=es |publisher=EL PAÍS |date=2016-04-05 |access-date=2021-01-09 |issn=1134-6582}}
- Patricia Urquiola (architect and designer), 2011
- Pepe Luis Vázquez Garcés (bullfighter), 1998
- Mauricio Wiesenthal (writer), 2016
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