ARCOMadrid is closing its doors in Ifema Madrid on Sunday, February 26, after four days of increasing visits and visits. Approaching 2020 figures and from the years before the pandemic.
In 2020, the fair closed its doors with the participation of 93,000 visitors and the organizers’ forecasts exceeded 95,000 visitors this year.
Director of ARCOMadrid, maribel lopezHe underlined that the content of the fair in this issue was “extraordinary” and that many pieces were sold.
In her statements to the media to assess the situation, Maribel López celebrated the efforts of the galleries and summed it up as “a good fair” as it mobilized approximately 38,000 professionals from all over the world. “The content of the fair was extraordinary.The work of the galleries is incredible, they are designed separately for each stand. “More and more, they are working here as they are doing in their field,” he said.
noted its existence. many national and international collectors, which allowed many pieces to be sold. “Expectations were very high, but we were waiting. We noticed that in advance ticket sales or research we did.” In addition, the fact that 15 exhibition areas are for women was also evaluated positively.
International Contemporary Art Fair took place in this edition. 211 galleries from 36 countries, more than 450 international collectors and 200 invited professionals from 40 countries.
acquisitions
ARCOmadrid has recorded significant corporate and institutional acquisitions, including those of the ARCO Foundation, following its first professional-only conferences; HE Reina Sofia Museum; Community of Madrid; Madrid City Council; Aldo Rubino Foundation MACBA for the Museum of Contemporary Art in Buenos Aires; TBA21 Thyssen-Bornemisza Contemporary Art; the María Cristina Masaveu Peterson Foundation; the Helga de Alvear Foundation; The María José Jove Foundation and DKV Seguros, among others.
On the other hand, Maribel López referred to the Madrid court’s decision last Saturday, which precautionarily confiscated four works. Jose Maria Sicily. “They were held in reserve until a judge, with legal notice, told them what to do with them,” he explained.
It also revealed the Arco Foundation’s total acquisition. ten works of artists, eight of them were women and two were men. There is an exercise at the fair to make the work of women visible.”
Kings and the White Dove
Kings attended ARCOMadrid last Thursday, inaugurating the 42nd show, where they contacted some of the gallery owners who best represent this event. Helga de Alvear and Juana de Aizpuru, In addition to experiencing the closing of Eurovision with the performance of Spanish representative Blanca Paloma, who will participate in Eurovision this year.
In this edition Taking part in a Ukrainian gallery fair for the first time, Although the journey of kings did not pass there. One notable stop was the Helga de Alvear gallery, where the legendary gallery owner described the two of them as “friends”.
After their regular visits to the stands of various media outlets, the Kings concluded this tour at the RTVE booth, where a surprise awaited them. Singer White Dove, Who will represent Spain at the next festival? eurovision‘ he sang.eeaWho will travel to Liverpool.
‘We were deceived’
In other editions, for example, the ADN gallery with Eugenio Merino, which stands out with a piece of the dictator Franco in the soda machine, once again attracted attention with its work. ‘Picasso died here’, A hyperrealistic simulation of the dead figure of the Malaga painter.
“Taking advantage of the anniversary of Picasso’s death, it’s a way to remember that this figure continues to function as a tourist attraction and brings gentrification to the city,” the gallery owner told Europa Press. Miguel Angel Sanchez. It is a 2017 work consisting of three pieces, one of which has already been sold.
The price of the movie ‘Picasso died here’ is 45 thousand euros. It shows the figure of Picasso reclining in a striped shirt and white pants, crossing his hands. At the back of the gallery, by contrast, you can also see a painting by the artist. Julio Anaya IIt imitates some of the Malaga painter’s best-known cubist figures.
Eugenio Ampudia at the Max Estrella gallery’guernica‘ It can be folded as a hut for refugees. “We live in a war context, not just because of Picasso’s anniversary, and exactly this ‘Guernica’ is a true anti-war painting,” the gallery explained, further underlining that the work has. actual dimensions of the original.
The same space is home to the work of Marco Godoy, an artist in his thirties who has a file of protest banners to compose his works. As a result, the “neon protest” using the famous ‘meme’ ‘we were deceived’ or another neon that takes one of the banners used in the 15-M:’Valid for you Lucho’.
“I work with the language of protest and I’m getting statements from these claims so they don’t get lost. I want to intensify different moments of social reality, like the banners of 15-M, where there is a lot of spontaneous demand,” the artist told Europa Press.
Awards
Portuguese gallery Monitor, with his work Lucia Canto and Elisa Montessori ARCOmadrid won the Lexus Award for Best Stand and artistic content in 2023. Similarly, the HOA gallery in São Paulo recognized the work of artists Laís Amaral and Ayrson Heráclito by winning the IX Opening Award by Allianz.
Also Romanian gallery adultery and Valencian LIMINARY They received a special mention from the jury. Cervezas Alhambra presented the seventh Cervezas Alhambra Emerging Art Award to artist Alberto Odériz for his work ‘If it looked like something, it would no longer be whole’, selected by a jury of international experts from among the finalist proposals. .
illycaffè supported the young artists participating in the fair in ARCOmadrid for another year with the XVI illy SustainArt Award given to the Jerez-born artist Cristina Mejías, represented by the galleries on this occasion. Gallery of Alarcón Criado and Rodríguez.
ARCO-BEEP Award for Electronic Art in its 16th edition Evru/Zush – Galería Senda- and Peter Weibel -Beckers + Kornfeld-, who will become part of the .NewArt {collection} formerly known as the Beep Collection. Brazilian artist Zé Carlos García from Pasto gallery in Buenos Aires has won the 1st Six Senses Ibiza Sustainable Art Award, an award included in ARCOmadrid this year.
The SOLO Collection awarded the Acquisition Award to the work ‘Emancipation of Myth’ by artist Sandra Vásquez de la Horra from the Senda Gallery. Catalina d’Anglade Award, Ester Partegàs – Nogueras Blanchard-, which contributes to the funds of the collection.