President of the Republic says that painter Graça Morais “honors Portugal”
THE ‘honoris causa’ was awarded by the University of Trás-os-Montes and Alto Douro (UTAD).
“Graça Morais honors Portugal, it does not honor the university that honors it ‘honoris honors, not only honors the cultural milieu in Portugal, it does not only honor only those who are millions of Portuguese citizens, whether they know him or not his person and his work, who her is a guaranteed titleholder”, said Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, in a video source that was given during the ceremony.
The President of the Republic reinforces that Graça Morais “honors Portugal, honors Portugal, inside and outside”.
“That’s why from here I send a very friendly testimony of the admirer, academic, citizen and President of the Portuguese Republic on behalf of all Portuguese”, stressed Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa.
To journalists, the prime minister who was in Vila Real today to join “the tribute paid to UTAD to a great Portuguese artist, Graça Morais, by awarding her a doctorate dissehonoris causa”.
“It is a way of paying tribute to a great artist, with deep roots in Trás-os-Montes and it is also a very important way of this university, which has made a very important contribution to the development of the region, also valuing the culture that is a essential element for the valorization of the region”, stated António Costa.
In turn, the rector of UTAD, in turn, the king of the university Gomes, stated that at a university level the ‘honori causa’ “honori causa” “is an immaterial distinction to the highest it is a unique distinction to Grace, present in the territory the unique Grace”.
At the age of 74, Graça Morais becomes the second woman to be awarded the doctorate ‘honoris causa’ by UTAD, after being awarded in 2018 to the writer Agustina Bessa-Luís.
With over 50 years of artistic life, the painter from Trás-os-Montes, born in Vieiro, a contemporary village in the municipality of Vila Flor, is considered one of “the great references in the history of European art”.
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