02-10-2025

IMG_8312 Pablo López Raso, professor of Contemporary Art at UFV, receives a special mention at the 7th edition of the Razón Abierta | UFV Awards Study at the Universidad Privada Madrid

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Pablo López Raso, professor of Contemporary Art at the Francisco de Vitoria University (UFV), academic director of the Bachelor’s programs in Fine Arts Design, and an expert in the history and philosophy of contemporary art, has been honored with a special mention at the 7th edition of the Razón Abierta Awards, organized by UFV in collaboration with the Joseph Ratzinger-Benedict XVI Vatican Foundation.

The award recognizes his work Insolente belleza, in which he explores the aesthetic experience as a path to knowledge and personal transformation that transcends the merely intellectual. In his remarks upon receiving the award in Rome, López Raso stated that he felt “fortunate for this recognition, which I accept as an encouragement to continue thriving in the mission to which our faith calls us.”

During his speech, the professor emphasized that true innovation in education does not consist solely of producing new theories or discoveries, but rather of sparking young people’s curiosity and awakening in them a desire for meaning: “There is no greater discovery for humanity than knowing how to unleash a teenager’s talent,” he noted.

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UFV Professor Pablo López Raso at the 7th Annual Razón Abierta Awards

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López Raso also highlighted the metaphysical dimension of education and art’s ability to transform the whole person: “An image, in the form of a masterpiece, moves us because it reminds us of who we were, who we are, and who we can become,” he said.

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Pablo López Raso during the seminar he gave before the awards ceremony

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The Razón Abierta Awards seek to recognize researchers and faculty members who integrate academic knowledge with the great questions of the human condition, fostering a fruitful dialogue between science, philosophy, and theology. The seventh edition was held in Rome with the participation of some fifty UFV professors and culminated in an audience with Pope Leo XIV in St. Peter’s Square.

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Pablo López Raso and Daniel Sada Castaño, president of UFV, at the ceremony for the 7th Annual Razón Abierta Awards

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With this honor, Pablo López Raso joins the ranks of internationally renowned scholars who have been recognized for their contributions to a university that aspires to be a place where truth, beauty, and faith converge.