These are the 31 recipients of the 2021 Gold Medal of Merit in Fine Arts

Javier Bardem, Amaral, the Black Week of Gijón and Paloma San Basilio are some of the names of the awarded the 2021 Gold Medals of Merit in Fine Arts. This Tuesday, December 28, the Council of Ministers, at the proposal of the Minister of Culture and Sports, Miquel Iceta, has approved the granting of this award to 31 personalities and institutions of culture.

Among them stand out personalities from all branches of Spanish culture such as the Amaral music group, the artist Jaume Plensa, dancer Maribel Gallardo, the poet Julia Uceda Valiente, the Black Week of Gijón, the film director Agustí Villaronga, the Max Aub Foundation, the cartoonist Paco Roca, the Art Foundation and Pensamiento Martín Chirino, businessman Daniel Martínez de Obregón or photographer Colita.

It is award distinguishes people and entities that have contributed in the field of artistic and cultural creation or have provided notable services in the promotion, development or dissemination of art and culture or in the conservation of artistic heritage.

List of all winners:

• Maria Isabel Gallardo Gómez ‘Maribel Gallardo’, dancer.
• Julia Uceda Brave, poetess.
• Agustí Villaronga, film director.
• Gijón Black Week, Literary Festival.
• Max Aub Foundation, a Spanish foundation based in Segorbe, Valencia, which promotes and disseminates the life and work of the writer Max Aub.
• Francisco Martinez Roca ‘Paco Roca’, cartoonist.
• Javier Angel Encinas Bardem ‘Javier Bardem’, actor
• Martín Chirino Art and Thought Foundation, in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria.
• Amaral, band.
• Daniel Martínez de Obregón, theatrical entrepreneur.
• Jaume Plensa Suñe ‘Jaume Plensa’, sculptor and engraver.
• Isabel Steva Hernandez ‘Tail’, photographer
• Ana Gonzalez Rodriguez ‘Ana Locking’, fashion designer, businesswoman and photographer.
• Cerezales Antonino y Cinia Foundation
• Genís Matabosch, president of the Circus Arts Foundation, director of the International Festival of the Golden Elephant Circus, of the Great Christmas Circus of Girona, of Circus Nights and of Circusland in Besalú, the first Circus museum in Europe.
• Carme Solé Vendrell, illustrator and writer, mainly of children’s books.
• Magic Dragon, a leading and pioneering cultural management entity.
• Jose Pablo Guerrero Cabanillas ‘Pablo Guerrero’, singer-songwriter and poet.
• Jose Maria Garcia Conesa ‘Chema Conesa’, Spanish photographer and journalist.
• Board of Qualification, Valuation and Export of Historical Heritage Assets
• Maria Teresa Martin Cadierno ‘Mayte Martin’, flamenco singer and bolero singer and composer.
• Icíar Bollaín Pérez-Mínguez ‘Icíar Bollaín’, Spanish film director and actress.
• Teresa Catalan Sánchez, Spanish composer and professor, doctor in Philosophy of Art and winner of the 2017 National Music Prize.
• Ramón Casas Vallès (posthumously), graduated in Law from the University of Barcelona (1978), doctor from the University of Bologna (1982) and professor of Civil Law at the University of Barcelona.
• Ian Keith Gibson Ritchie ‘Ian Gibson’, internationally recognized Hispanicist
• Ignacio Javier Gurruchaga Iriarte ‘Javier Gurruchaga’, versatile artist from the world of music, television and the performing arts.
• Saioa Hernández del Río, soprano.
• Juan Muñoz Martin, Spanish writer of children’s and youth literature.
• Francisco Portalo Calero y FRancisco Suarez Garcia, video game developers.
• Antonio Javier Eulogio Rodríguez Reija ‘Anton Reixa’, writer, musician, poet, screenwriter, producer and director of Spanish cinema.
• Paloma Cecilia San Basilio Martínez ‘Paloma San Basilio’, singer and actress.