Andorra la VellaThe Bonart Awards have recognized in the sixth edition of the awards the Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sports for the Government Exhibition Hall. Specifically, they recognize “the high-level programming” of this room, “which has hosted exhibitions by such outstanding authors as Victor Vasarely or Orlan, among others”.
The sixth edition of these awards was held with two galas, one in Girona and another in Barcelona. During the ceremony held in the CaixaFòrum auditorium in the Catalan capital this Friday, the honorary presidents of Bonart cultural, NarcÃs Planas and Anna Maria Camps, were in charge of presenting the award to the manager of the Sala d’ exhibitions and technique of the Cultural Action Area of ​​the Ministry, Meritxell Blanco. In 2019, these same awards already recognized the Government Exhibition Hall in the same category.
The Bonart Awards are awards organized by Bonart cultural with the aim of promoting art and culture, through the recognition of both artists and galleries, critics, museums, foundations and spaces or activities. They began to be given in 2005 in Girona and since then the Night of the Bonart Awards has been celebrated in these two Catalan cities. Introduced in 1999, Bonart magazine is a point of reference for prominent art critics, artists, museum directors, gallerists, politicians, writers, philosophers, journalists or researchers. This year’s ceremony commemorates 25 years of Bonart and a total of ten prizes have been awarded to different institutions, organizations and artists.