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Elena Cué

Elena Cué (born 1972)[3] is a Spanish businesswoman, art expert and writer.[4][5][6] She graduated in Philosophy[7][8] and Gemology,[9] publishes articles, and interviews world renown artists for the Spanish newspaper ABC,[10] as well as for the US version of the Huffington Post.[11]

Elena Cué
Cué in 2013[1]
Born1972 (age 51–52)
NationalitySpanish
OccupationArt writer
SpouseAlberto Cortina
Children1[2]
Websitewww.alejandradeargos.com/index.php/en/

Elena is the president of the Alberto and Elena Cortina Foundation, dedicated to social works. She manages the foundation together with her husband, the businessman Alberto Cortina. In October 1997, she won the Spanish shooting championship.[12] In that same year, she finished as runner-up in the European chanmpionship.[13]

Relationship with art

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Elena founded the web Alejandra de Argos, where she writes articles about art and influential interviews and world renowned artists such as Jeff Koons, the Colombian Fernando Botero or her friend Cai Guo-Qiang,[14] as well as Nobel Prize in Literature laureate, Mario Vargas Llosa. In addition to the articles in her website, Elena writes for the Spanish newspaper ABC and at the US edition of the Huffington Post. In November 2015 Elena joined the patronage for the Museo Reina Sofía foundation[15] and in June 2016 she joined the patronage of the ABC Museum of Madrid.[16] Elena is a member of Vivre en couleur of the Fondation Cartier pour l'Art Contemporain.[17]

Notable interviews

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Charitable foundation

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In 2011, Elena Cué and Alberto Cortina created the Alberto and Elena Cortina Foundation with the stated purpose to promote, create, develop and aid individuals and projects with all kinds of charity and education aims, and with a special focus on children.[30] The foundation started with various projects in parallel. In 2011 it helped the victims of the 2010 Haiti earthquake by distributing food aid during that year and by reconstructing homes and other infrastructures.[31] The foundation also provides help to woman at risk of Social exclusion, free housing and a soup kitchen.[32][33][34] In 2012 the foundation started the invisible kitchen service, through it food and other basic supplies are distributed to families in need at their own homes.[35] Another project promoted Elena's foundation is the "Econosolidario", the only grocery store in Spain where the families designated by social services can use a card that holds points to "buy" the basic products they need.[36][37]

Personal life

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In 1997, Elena Cué started a relationship with the businessman Alberto Cortina. They were married in 2000 at Cortina's estate "Las Cuevas".[38] In 2006 their daughter Alejandra Cortina Cué was born.[39][40]

References

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  1. ^ "Convenio Comunidad de Madrid y la Fundación" (in Spanish). Alberto and Elena Cortina Foundation. 18 September 2013. Retrieved 12 March 2016.
  2. ^ "Elena Cue, una mamá muy elegante y pendiente". Europa Press. Archived from the original on 20 February 2018. Retrieved 19 February 2018.
  3. ^ "Elena Cué y Alberto Cortina serán padres en marzo" (in Spanish). ¡Hola!. 4 October 2005. Archived from the original on 30 April 2019. Retrieved 27 November 2015.
  4. ^ Pina, Marina (30 July 2015). "Elena Cué rechaza escribir un libro por falta de tiempo". Vanitatis (in Spanish). El Confidencial. Retrieved 5 November 2015.
  5. ^ "Elena Cué: la reportera inquieta que quiere llegar al alma de los artistas más influyentes" (in Spanish). Vozpópuli. 22 January 2015. Archived from the original on 22 December 2015. Retrieved 5 November 2015.
  6. ^ Verbo, Eduardo (23 May 2015). "El hijo de Alberto Cortina y Alicia Koplowitz celebra boda y embarazo" (in Spanish). El Mundo. Retrieved 26 November 2015.
  7. ^ "Elena Cué, la mujer que salvó a Alberto Cortina del fracaso matrimonial: 20 años casados, una hija y una vida tranquila lejos de los escándalos". Mujer Hoy (in Spanish). 2022-01-23. Retrieved 2022-01-30.
  8. ^ "Artículos escritos por Elena Cué en Diario ABC". Diario ABC (in Spanish). 2024-07-22. Retrieved 2024-09-23.
  9. ^ "Elena Cué, la amiga española de la reina Máxima de Holanda". La Vanguardia (in Spanish). 2024-02-26. Retrieved 2024-09-23.
  10. ^ "Elena Cué: Alejandradeargos" (in Spanish). ABC. Retrieved 26 November 2015.
  11. ^ "Elena Cué". Huffington Post. Retrieved 26 November 2015.
  12. ^ Sandoval, Josep (19 October 1997). "Felicidades Envidiables" (in Spanish). La Vanguardia. Retrieved 3 July 2017.
  13. ^ Yagüe, María Eugenia (6 October 2023). "La desconocida vida de Elena Cué: estudiante de Filosofía y filántropa con un economato solidario". El Mundo (in Spanish). Retrieved 2 February 2024.
  14. ^ "Elena Cue interviews Cai Guo-Qiang". Cai Guo-Qiang Studio. Retrieved 11 November 2015.
  15. ^ "Elena Cué, nueva patrona de la Fundación Museo Reina Sofía" (in Spanish). ABC. 10 November 2015. Retrieved 11 November 2015.
  16. ^ "El Museo ABC amplía su Patronato". abc (in European Spanish). 2016-06-30. Retrieved 2017-07-03.
  17. ^ Fundación Museo Reina Sofia (PDF) (in Spanish). Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía. p. 13. Retrieved 7 March 2016.
  18. ^ Cué, Elena (23 February 2015). "Interview With Cai Guo-Qiang". Huffington Post. Retrieved 14 January 2016.
  19. ^ Cué, Elena (6 February 2015). "Interview With Miquel Barceló". Huffington Post. Retrieved 14 January 2016.
  20. ^ Cué, Elena (3 March 2015). "Interview with Fernando Botero". Huffington Post. Retrieved 14 January 2016.
  21. ^ Cué, Elena (15 November 2015). "Tatiana Trouvé: "El arte no aporta respuestas, desorienta, nos invita a pensar de otra manera"" (in Spanish). ABC. Retrieved 15 December 2015.
  22. ^ Cué, Elena (19 December 2015). "Hiroshi Sugimoto: "Me gusta la sombra, por eso me hice fotógrafo en blanco y negro"" (in Spanish). ABC. Retrieved 22 December 2015.
  23. ^ Cué, Elena (26 December 2015). "Eduardo Arroyo: "El arte actual no es arte ni es nada"" (in Spanish). ABC. Retrieved 28 December 2015.
  24. ^ Cué, Elena (28 January 2016). "Interview with Candida Höfer". The Huffington Post. Retrieved 7 March 2016.
  25. ^ Cué, Elena (6 March 2016). "Vargas Llosa: "Nadie estaría dispuesto a sacrificar un amor, pese a sus secuelas traumáticas"" (in Spanish). ABC. Retrieved 7 March 2016.
  26. ^ "Interview With Jeff Koons". The Huffington Post. 1 July 2016. Retrieved 3 September 2016.
  27. ^ Cué, Elena (25 March 2019). "Henri Lévy: "No se puede responder sí o no en referéndum a siglos de memoria y de vínculos"" (in Spanish). ABC. Retrieved 30 April 2019.
  28. ^ Cué, Elena (12 June 2019). "Interview with Jack Ma". Alejandra de Argos.
  29. ^ Cué, Elena (15 December 2019). "Al Gore: "Los líderes empresariales están haciendo más contra el cambio climático que los líderes políticos"". ABC (in Spanish). Retrieved 19 September 2020.
  30. ^ Migas, L. (6 March 2012). "Nace la 'Fundación Alberto y Elena Cortina' en el nº1 de López de Hoyos" (in Spanish). Zona Retiro. Retrieved 26 November 2015.
  31. ^ "La fundación en Haití" (in Spanish). Fundación Alberto y Elena Cortina. Retrieved 27 November 2015.
  32. ^ "Proyectos" (in Spanish). Fundación Alberto y Elena Cortina. Retrieved 27 November 2015.
  33. ^ "Madrid. La comunidad y la fundación Alberto y Elena Cortina firman un convenio para atender a mujeres inmigrantes" (in Spanish). lainformacion.com. 18 September 2013. Archived from the original on 23 December 2015. Retrieved 27 November 2015.
  34. ^ Ramos Izquierdo, Álvaro (18 September 2013). "La Comunidad y la Fundación Alberto y Elena Cortina trabajan en la atención de mujeres inmigrantes en riesgo de exclusión" (in Spanish). Madridactual. Archived from the original on 22 December 2015. Retrieved 27 November 2015.
  35. ^ García Bujarrabal, Diana (16 December 2013). "La vergüenza de ser pobre" (in Spanish). Qué!. Archived from the original on 22 December 2015. Retrieved 27 November 2015.
  36. ^ Caldentey, Diego; González, José (25 November 2015). "Así batirá el Banco de Alimentos el récord de ayuda para los más pobres de España" (in Spanish). lainformacion.com. Archived from the original on 26 November 2015. Retrieved 27 November 2015.
  37. ^ "¿Cuánto cuesta el pollo? 4 puntos" (in Spanish). Europa Press. 27 November 2015. Retrieved 27 November 2015.
  38. ^ Castelló, Elena (23 January 2022). "Elena Cué, la mujer que salvó a Alberto Cortina del fracaso matrimonial: 20 años casados, una hija y una vida tranquila lejos de los escándalos" (in Spanish). Mujer Hoy. Retrieved 16 March 2022.
  39. ^ "Elena Cué y Alberto Cortina serán padres en marzo" (in Spanish). Hola. 4 October 2005. Archived from the original on 30 April 2019. Retrieved 30 April 2019.
  40. ^ Tomas, Helena (28 October 2018). "Elena Cué disfruta de su espléndida madurez al lado de Alberto Cortina" (in Spanish). Love.es. Retrieved 30 April 2019.
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