Ibero-American Patronage Awards
Recognises every year the labour of three art patrons: one Spanish, one Latin American and one International, that stand out for their ethical and moral convictions, and for the courage to act in accordance with them. Adding, in addition, the generosity and humility to accept this recognition, helping the Awards themselves to inspire, with their example, that other men and women get involved with their same conviction in this company: the conservation, promotion and dissemination of the heritage and artistic talent of Ibero-America.
Are consolidated with each edition with the “vision” of being at the service of a “transversal and inclusive” project between people, society, company, and institutions, which maximizes this common effort to build a more fertile coexistence between different individuals and between these and the social structures in which they are integrated, giving the greater visibility to the immense relevance of Art in the construction of a more humane and therefore freer society.
Are a charitable initiative aimed at financing the Conservation and Restoration Program of the collection of the Royal Academy of Fine Arts of San Fernando in Madrid, one of the most important public collections in Spain and which is the common heritage of all humanity.
Jury

MIGUEL FERNÁNDEZ FELIX
Director of the Fine Arts Palace, Mexico City

CARMEN
GAITÁN
Director of the National Museum of art (MUNAL), México City

MAX HOLLEIN
Director of the Metropolitan Museum of Art (MET), New York

CARMEN
IGLESIAS
Director of the Royal Academy of History

TOMÁS MARCO
Director of the Royal Fine Arts Academy of San Fernando

CARMEN
POSADAS
Escritora

CARMEN
REVIRIEGO
Fundación Callia Chairman

GUILLERMO SOLANA
Director of the Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum
The awardees
Art for equality
The Ibero-American Patronage Awards also serve as a platform to promote equality in art.
Every year the awarded of the Ibero-American Patronage Awards receives an artwork from an emerging artist as a recognition to their labour as art patrons.