Promoting creativity and bringing art closer to the masses, that is the aim of the BMW Painting Awards, the awards which celebrated their 39th edition this Monday Mrs. Sophia. A lover of the arts and a staunch defender of culture, he remained faithful once again at the solidarity event that he attended with his sister Irene from Greece. Baroness Thiessen, mother of Philip VI, presented the award at a ceremony attended by dignitaries such as Nuria Gonzalez.
© SMEL Ray HouseThe evening was held at the Teatro Real and had Paz Vega as master of ceremonies. This actress has recently made her debut as a director RitaVictims remember the wings destroyed by heavy rains in different parts of Valencia. During the ceremony, where solidarity and fraternity were taken into account, he shared the stage with Pilar García de la Puebla. BWM Group Communications and Institutional Relations Director was in charge of announcing the winners.
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© SMEL Ray HouseBaroness Thyssen followed the gala with rapt attention, announcing that a documentary about her life would be released “soon” and that she would spend the Christmas holidays “with a lot of nostalgia and a lot of faith.” His son Borja Thiessen and his daughter-in-law Blanca Cuesta also traveled to the Madrid Opera House, steps away from the Royal Palace. Marta Sánchez, Emilio Butragueno, Núria González, Kiko Gámez with Patricia Cerezo, Anne Ygartiburru, Blanca Suelves, Ainhoa Arteta, Elena Hormigos with Judge Pedraz, Begona García Vaquero and Pablo, Castiano, Castambo and others are couples. Completing the exclusive list of participants.
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© GTRESFrom the box of the Teatro Real, Irene de Grecia, who always likes to attend this solidarity evening, followed the event closely. The Queen’s sister was accompanied by the CEO of BMW Manuel Teroba, and Secretary of State for Equality, Ayana Kalvo. D Aunt Peku, as her family affectionately calls her, has reduced her public presence due to the cognitive decline she suffers. Doña Sofia is worried and aware of her medical appointments, but also willing to enjoy every moment by his side, as they did this afternoon and as they did in September, when they attended the wedding of her niece, Princess Teodora, in Athens.
© GTRESThere is also a musical tribute under the concept of SinfonIA, which represents harmony in a world in permanent transformation. Meanwhile from the box, with her sister, the Queen listened to the RTVE Symphony Orchestra. Conducted by Christoph Koenig, it performed Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony as a work that symbolizes brotherhood, hope and solidarity. Not in vain, the concert is proposed to benefit the Spanish Federation of Food Banks (FESBAL) in the amount of 25,000 euros, in addition to the extraordinary donation of half a million euros by the BMW Group to the Reina Sofia Foundation with the aim of helping those affected by DANA.
© HM King’s HouseAt the same time as this event, at the Mandarin Oriental Ritz Hotel, King Felipe and Queen Letizia presented the Francisco Cerecedo Award at the 41st edition. This year’s winner was journalist Carlos Franganillo, who knows the work of the Reina Sofia Foundation well, since two months ago he visited the Alzheimer’s Center that the organization created.
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The competition received a record-breaking 1,700 entries, from which the jury selected two winners. On the one hand, the work of Damaris Pan and his proposals are recognized, All monsters are human IIWhere he actualizes the connection between demons and humans.
Born in Bilbao and professor at the Faculty of Fine Arts at the University of the Basque Country. His paintings express a specific language of shapes, densities and color palettes, and the artist approaches each work as a new experience, like an essay that he has to start and solve in each case.
© HM King’s HouseThe other winner was Serafin Alvarez. In the digital art section, Spelling is chosen, a piece that transports us to a dream world where the boundaries of time and space are blurred. Born in Leon, he holds a degree in fine arts and a master’s degree in artistic production and research from the University of Barcelona, where he himself says he is conducting a research project on the transmedia expansion of science fiction as part of his doctorate.
© HM King’s HouseIn the ballroom of Madrid’s Teatro Real, Ms. Sofia toured the work of the finalists, with whom she took a family photo to remember. In addition, the Queen received a commemorative medal.
This year’s jury, made up of representative figures from the world of art and culture, repeats for the second year in a row, once again contributing its experience and criteria to select the best works for this edition. Among its members were Antonio López, painter, sculptor and draftsman; Miguel Jugaza, director of the Museum of Fine Arts of Bilbao; Patrizia Sandretto Rey Rebaudengo, founder and president of Fondazione Sandretto Rey Rebaudengo; Guillermo Solana, artistic director of the Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum in Madrid, and Lucia Cassani, director of the Carrasso Foundation.
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