Honours and Awards
In 2002, Vitoria, the capital of the Basque country, awarded its gold medal, the city’s highest honor, posthumously to Chillida and the architect Luis Peña Ganchegui, for building a square that has come to symbolize Basque re-emergence following Spain’s return to democracy. Other honours include:
- (1998) Recipient of the Lifetime Achievement in Contemporary Sculpture Award,
International Sculpture Center
- (1987) Recipient of the Premio Príncipe de Asturias de las Arte
- (1985) Recipient of the Wolf Prize in Sculpture
- (1983) Elected an honorary academician by the Royal Academy
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