Meeting of the jury for the 2026 Princess of Asturias Award for the Arts

The Jury responsible for conferring the 2026 Princess of Asturias Award for the Arts will meet this coming 28th and 29th April in Oviedo. This is the first of the eight international awards convened by the Princess of Asturias Foundation this year, now in their 46th year. A total of 55 candidatures encompassing 30 different nationalities are in the running for the Award. The meetings will be held at the Reconquista Hotel.

As stated in the Foundation’s Regulations, the Princess of Asturias Awards are aimed at rewarding “the scientific, technical, cultural, social and humanitarian work carried out at an international level by individuals, institutions or groups of individuals or institutions”. In keeping with these principles, the Princess of Asturias Award for the Arts is to be granted to “the work of fostering, cultivating and advancing architecture, dance, film-making, music, painting, photography, sculpture, theatre or any other form of artistic expression.”

Each Princess of Asturias Award comprises a Joan Miró sculpture representing and symbolising the Award, a diploma, an insignia and a cash prize of fifty thousand euros.

On the first day of the meeting at 11:00am on Tuesday 28th, there will be a family photo of the jury members in the hotel’s “Salón de Consejos”, followed by a meeting with the media, immediately prior to its formal constitution and the start of its deliberations, which will commence at 11:30am. Each jury shall have a chairperson and an acting secretary. Both shall be appointed by the Princess of Asturias Foundation and shall have voice and vote.

The Jury’s decision will be announced at 12:00 noon (GMT+2:00) on Wednesday 29th, in the “Salón Covadonga” of the same Hotel (Ground Floor), following which the members of the Jury will be available for interview.
 

Composition of the jury

The Jury will be made up of the following persons:

• María Pagés Madrigal (presidenta)
• Estrella de Diego Otero (secretaria)
• Daniel Bianco
• Josep Maria Flotats i Picas
• Jesús García Calero
• Pablo Gil Cuevas
• Sergio Gutiérrez Sánchez
• Blanca Gutiérrez Ortiz, Blanca Li
• Pilar Lladó Arburúa
• Sheila Loewe Boente
• Isabel Muñoz Villalonga
• Alfonso Palacio Álvarez
• Christina Rosenvinge Hepworth
• Teresa Sapey
• Cibrán Sierra Vázquez
• Eduardo Torres-Dulce Lifante
• Juan Antonio Vigar Gutiérrez