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 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 famous 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
• Eleanor Sayre, (international expert on Goya), 1991
• Joan Brossa (poet, playwright and experimental artist), 1995
• Pedro Almodóvar (cinema director), 1998
• Guggenheim Museum Bilbao, 1998
• Oscar de la Renta (fashion designer), 1999
• Joaquin Sabina (singer, composer), 2005
• Carmen Linares (singer), 2005
• Enrique Morente (singer), 2005
• Alberto Schommer, (photographer), 2008
• Antonio Banderas (actor), 2008
• Miguel Bosé (singer, composer), 2009
• El Hortelano (painter), 2009
• Alejandro Sanz (singer, composer), 2011
• Ángel Peralta Pineda (rejoneador), 2013
• Mansilla+Tuñón (architects), 2014
• Alaska (singer), 2015
• Anne-Sophie Mutter (musician), 2016
• Mauricio Wiesenthal (writer), 2016