Gold Medal of Merit in the Fine Arts

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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 Joan Miró (painter), 1980 Luis Buñuel (cinema director), 1981 Placido Domingo (Singer), 1983 Rufino Tamayo (painter), 1985 Pedro Almodovar (cinema director), 1998 Guggenheim Museum of Bilbao, 1998 Oscar de la Renta (fashion designer), 1999 Antonio Banderas (actor), 2008 Miguel Bosé (singer, composer), 2009 Alejandro Sanz (singer, composer), 2011