The Golden Eagle 2026 is awarded to Albert Dedden and Paul Keizer, also known as the Spacecowboys. They join a prestigious list including writer 00d6zcan Akyol, artist Loes ten Anscher, Royal Auping, and Anjo de Bont and Hein te Riele.
The Municipality of Deventer is proud of the winners. Mayor Ron K00f6nig and alderman Ilse Duursma surprised, together with chairwoman of the advisory committee Anka Mulder, the Spacecowboys at their own company on the Gasfabriekterrein at Zutphenseweg. Ilse Duursma (Culture): These men have enchanted Deventer for decades with fantastic images and other art expressions that make you smile, frown, think or simply enjoy. Ron K00f6nig adds: The stubbornness in the images appeals to me greatly and fits well with Deventer. The Golden Eagle is more than deserved by them.
The Deventer Golden Eagle is awarded to a person or company that has performed an outstanding achievement in the field of visual arts, literature, music, theater or science. The prize consists of a gilded medal, a certificate and an amount of 20ac 5,000.
The advisory committee for the awarding of the Deventer cultural prize The Golden Eagle states in its recommendation letter to the council: Since the 1990s they have been creating sculptures in public spaces, private commissions, as well as free work. They do this in their studio in Deventer.
They have enriched Deventer with the sculpture De Staltafel in Colmschate and the sculpture Small Scale Events on Hanzeweg. Also, the bronze Visman on Pothoofdkade in Deventer is a well-known artwork in Deventer. And not only in Deventer, but also in the rest of the Netherlands you encounter their sculptures and they integrally shape the image of an environment.
The awarding of the Golden Eagle takes place every 2 years on April 10, the day Deventer was liberated from the German occupier in 1945.
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