The singers Patti Smith and Martyrdom, the actress Rossy de Palma and photographers Chema Madoz and Alberto García-Alix is part of the group of 24 celebrities who have been announced this Friday as the winners of the gold medals for Merit in the Fine Arts corresponding to 2019 by the Spanish Government.
The awards are distinguished personalities who have excelled in the field of artistic and cultural creation. Also granted to those who have provided “notorious” services in the promotion, development and dissemination of art and culture, or in the conservation of artistic heritage. The awards have been nominated by the minister of Culture and Sport-in-office, José Guirao, and approved by the council of ministers.
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This is the complete list of the winners:
Patti Smith, singer Rossy de Palma, actress Chema Madoz, photographer Alberto García-Ali, fotógrafoMartirio, cantanteJulieta Serrano, actrizMaría Angeles Querol Fernández, professor of prehistoriaMartín Berasategui, cocineroCarlos Ferrater, professor and arquitectoPedro Salmerón, arquitectoCarlos Ruiz, professor of arqueologíaMaría Eugenia Aubet, archaeologist and historiadoraPilar Palazón, president of the Association of Friends of the ÍberosVíctor Monge Serranito, guitarist and compositorMaría Vargas, cantaoraEl Taranto of Almería, peña flamenca La Platería in Granada, pena flamencaManuel Moreno Maya El Pele, cantaorOmara Portuondo, cantanteJuan Reel, historian of the arteMaría Nazareth Baker, dancer and coreógrafaMaria Bethânia, cantanteJosep Pons, músicoIsabel Natividad Garcia, sastra of bullfighters
