On Friday, October 9, 2015, Her Majesty Queen Letizia of Spain arrived in Düsseldorf, Germany, to attend the opening of the exhibition, Zurbarán: Maestro de los Detalles (Master of Detail), organized by the Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum de Madrid and the Museum Kunstpalast Düsseldorf.
On Friday, October 9, 2015, His Majesty King Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands attended the 2015 Vrije Schilderkunst (Royal Award for Modern Painting) held at the Koninklijk Paleis in Amsterdam.
Established in 1871 by the late King Willem III the award is “…open to independent Dutch artist[s] under the age of 35 and carries four prizes worth 6,500 Euros.”
After the award ceremony His Majesty viewed an exhibition displaying the fantastic works by today’s winners as well as twenty other paintings submitted to the contest.
The Vrije Schilderkunst exhibition will be open to the public on October 10 – November 15, 2015 at the Koninklijk Paleis.
Photo courtesy of Getty Images/L. Van Lieshot
On Thursday, October 8, 2015, Her Majesty Queen Rania of Jordan attended day 1 of the 2015 Women in the World Summit held at Cadogan Hall in London. The focus of the two-day summit will “…highlight a new Generation Girl platform that will amplify the authentic voices of young women leaders and showcase role models for girls…” according to a press release.
During the gathering Her Majesty gave a one-on-one interview with the founder of Women for Women International, Ms. Zainab Salbi.
