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Colita / National Arts Prize winners say “no, thank you” to protest government cuts
Photographer ‘Colita,’ in a photo from 2009.CHEMA MOYA (EFE)
National Arts Prize winners say “no, thank you” to protest government cuts
Photographer and musician decline awards to highlight “shameful” state of culture sector
Blanca Cia
Barcelona, November 12, 2014
Two winners of this year’s Spanish National Arts Prizes have turned down their awards, accusing the government of systematically damaging the sector.
Photographer Isabel Steva i Hernández, better known as Colita, along with musician Jordi Savall, have both rejected their €30,000 prizes, which the government awards each year to leading figures from a range of artistic endeavors. They have both published open letters to Arts, Education, and Sports Minister José Ignacio Wert outlining their unhappiness with government cuts and taxes that have hit the arts and entertainment sectors hard.
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