The Trebbia Awards Ceremony was held on March 13th at the Spanish Hall in Prague Castle, with the participation of Milos Zitman, President of the Czech Republic; Daniel Herman, the Czech Republic's Minister of Culture; and Miro Smolák, director of the Trebbia Foundation. Among the award recipients in the Artistic Achievement category was Carlos Cruz Diez (Venezuela, 1923), who is considered one of the most important living artists of the Twentieth Century. The award was presented by Eileen Cooper, of the Royal Academy of Arts, London, and received on behalf of the artists, by Adriana Cruz, president of the Cruz Diez Foundation. Other recipients of the award in the same category included German-Slovak mime, choreographer, director, and professor Milan Sladek (1938) and the late Czech architect and designer Borek Šípek (1949-2016). The Trebbia Awards are also given in categories like Contributions to National Cultural Dialogue, Lifetime Achievement, and Support for Culture and the Arts. Prior recipients include American photographer Annie Leibovitz; Jiri Srnec, the founder of Prague's Black Theater; and Jose Antonio Abreu, founder of Venezuela's National System of Children and Youth Orchestras and Choirs. The Prague-based Trebbia Foundation established the awards in the year 2000 to provide a stimulus for culture and the arts.