Kings deliver their 2021 Fine Art Merit Gold Medals this Thursday During a demonstration at TEA (Tenerife Espacio de las Artes) in the Canary Islands. King Felipe VI declared that these medals are given to those who “devote their lives to Culture; to those who contributed to expand the boundaries of our tradition and Heritage”. He agreed it was “encouraging” to bring together creators, artists, and institutions that “are already part of our culture’s highlights.”
What can be seen at TEA reminded us that it is “a portrait of Spanish Culture in all its diversity, richness and boundless creativity” and “art creates wealthis tangible heritage; but they are also in the realm of the emotional, the abstract”.
In his speech, he mentioned the “reddish, strong, almost indestructible” tea tree, including the words for the land that hosted these awards, adding that the place where the event was held was TEA, adding that “a useful metaphor for what we are celebrating today: creative dialogue between history and the future, fusion of memory and avant-gardeCombining heritage with tomorrow”.
He affirmed that the winners’ work is like Canary tea, “indigenous, unique, durable and yet fragile while working.”
With all this, he declared that these Gold Medals in Fine Arts were “a sign of a debt borne by the whole society” and “served to guide future generations with the names of those who played an important role”. The definition of our culture and its role in its evolution”.
he ended his intervention. a collective commitment from institutions and society itself is requiredTo increase recognition and consideration of culture”.
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Around 500 people gathered at the venue and the event started with a few words from José Manuel Bermúdez, the deer from Santa Cruz de Tenerife.
Mayor Bermúdez began his speech by reminding that Santa Cruz de Tenerife “is a city closely connected with culture” and spoke about the painter Óscar Domínguez and his works. I praise the talents of the canaries that have it. successful trajectory” and reminded that the capital has had a close relationship with Fine Arts for many years of the 20th century.
He recalled the sculpture exhibition on the city street and highlighted “the unstoppable recovery process of its historical heritage with the reopening of the only Masonic temple in Spain”, which will be visited by another Minos de Cultura, Miquel, this afternoon. Iceta also attended the event.
He took the opportunity to thank His Majesty for his gesture: “Eight years ago, we experienced a flood that required a collective effort. back to normal and this event won the support of the King.
Pedro Martín, president of the Cabildo de Tenerife, spoke about the necessary commitment of public institutions to Culture through budgets. Congratulating the winners several times, the president said, “An advanced society is one that tries to surpass us.”
A commemorative video after the projects outlines the artistic careers of the winners. they surrendered 32 medals for personalities of music, sculpture, interpretation or writingas well as other artistic expressions.
First time in the Canary Islands
The Minister of Culture confirmed that they fell short at the awards ceremony as it was “hard to choose”. “We are nothing without you and we thank you for that,” he told the winners. declared that this event is held for the first time in the Canary Islands, “and the time has come”. “It was fitting that these awards be handed over to autonomous communities because this is how we enrich a vision of a plural and diverse culture” and “the concept of culture is getting broader and richer and that is why we award so many medals.”
While Iceta noted that “choosing the delivery island was difficult”, the Tenerife selection responded to a desire to visit TEA Tenerife Espacio de las Artes “to honor the work of creating this island”.
The Minister of Culture also spoke for palmeros, who “need everyone’s help to get out of this situation” and reminded that “nature reminds us that it is there to enjoy and respect it”. He also spoke about Oscar Domínguez, “who invented the sticker that serves to open us up to dreams, and all the winners like Domínguez are discovering a way for us and your art helps us understand the world and work for a better society through a better understanding between everyone”.
I will now continue to talk about each of the winners and remember that in this edition. distinguishable two professionals who diedauthor Almudena Grandes and intellectual property rights expert Ramón Casas.
Singer Eva Amaral spoke on behalf of the winners, explaining that she “feels so small” among all the winners. “Emotion and deep impactThat’s what he felt when he attended the event. He extended this medal to “the voices and voices that precede them doing their jobs” and leveraged his intervention to highlight the reality of people like those living on Tindouf to talk about the different cultures that come together on the planet.
Ángel Víctor Torres, President of the Government of the Canary Islands, mentioned the great cultural events, recalling that this land has witnessed the birth of artists such as Pedro Guerra, Quevedo, Valentina la de Sabinosa, Josefina De la Torre or María Mérida. It was home to these small islands in the middle of the Atlantic.
“When we talk about culture, we are talking about a right of the first degree,” said the socialist, who took the opportunity to remember that the Canary Islands support the law on the system of public culture that protects the budget of the autonomous regions. community “to do culture right”. “Culture is a key dimension for the development of society.”and therefore, among other features, Archipelago continues to work to become a movie set for more and more audiovisual productions with outstanding tax breaks.