Helena Vaz da Silva Award Ceremony 2024 – Lisbon and online
The German photographer Thomas Struth will receive the Helena Vaz da Silva European Award for Raising Public Awareness on Cultural Heritage 2024 at a ceremony on 21 October 2024 at the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation in Lisbon, Portugal. This European recognition pays tribute to Thomas Struth’s exceptional art of communicating European culture and values through photography.
“Louvre 4, Paris 1989” © Thomas Struth
The Helena Vaz da Silva European Award was established in 2013 by the Centro Nacional de Cultura in collaboration with Europa Nostra and the Portuguese Press Club, and has the support of the Ministry of Culture and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Portugal, the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation and Tourism of Portugal.
During the ceremony, a Special Recognition of the Award’ Jury will be granted to the Cypriot dancer Ioanna Avraam, who is the Principal Dancer at the Vienna State Ballet, for her contribution to the promotion of European intangible cultural heritage.
The event will be live streamed in English.
PROGRAMME
19:30 CET
Master of Ceremonies: Sneška Quaedvlieg-Mihailović, Secretary General of Europa Nostra
Opening Addresses
Guilherme d’Oliveira Martins, Trustee of the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation
Maria Calado, President of the Centro Nacional de Cultura and President of the Jury of the Award
Maria de Lurdes Craveiro, Portuguese Secretary of State for Culture
Special Recognition of the Jury for Ioanna Avraam
Laudatory speech by Androulla Vassiliou, Vice-President of Europa Nostra
Acceptance speech by Ioanna Avraam, Cypriot dancer
Ioanna Avraam © Ashley Taylor Wiener Staatsballett
Helena Vaz da Silva European Award 2024 for Thomas Struth
Laudatory speech by Professor António Feijó, President of the Gulbenkian Foundation
Acceptance speech by Thomas Struth, German photographer
Thomas Struth © Atelier Thomas Struth
Closing Message
H.E. Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, President of the Republic of Portugal
