ACTIVITIES PROGRAM FOR ART MADRID’25

Art Madrid celebrates its twentieth anniversary in 2025 as a well-established event within the contemporary art scene in Spain. From March 5 to 9, the Crystal Gallery of the Palacio de Cibeles will once again bring together national and international galleries during Madrid Art Week.

In its 20th edition, the fair will feature a Gallery Program with thirty-four national and international exhibitors, showcasing around two hundred artists, and an extensive Parallel Program focused on the conceptual theme: City Territory.

Public space, the city, and the concept of territory will be central themes for sector specialists, who will explore the impact of artistic practices on the urban environment. Sensory experience will play a key role in examining the connections between art, territory, and the city as a social agora. The Parallel Program’s activities will delve into practices rooted in fluid identities and spatial imaginaries that rejuvenate Madrid’s cultural geography, conceived as a permeable organism and a topography of shared meanings.

The concept of territory, a blurred boundary between public and private spheres, takes on new interpretations when art addresses the invisible imprints of everyday life. Streets, squares, and corners are transformed into symbolic landscapes that challenge conventional perspectives. The city becomes a palimpsest where the past converses with the future. Sensory experience thus merges the ephemeral with the enduring, the intimate with the collective.

The Parallel Program offers guided tours of artistically transformed spaces and invites reflection on the shifting identities of urban fabric. Performances and exhibitions revitalize spatial imaginaries and pose fundamental questions: What does it mean to inhabit a space? How do we redefine common spaces?

The dialogue between art and the city at Art Madrid also serves as an invitation to reconsider the cultural geography of the capital. Madrid, in constant flux, is a map where memory and invention intertwine. Here, art functions as a cartographer, charting new paths that enrich the urban experience. Every corner and every intervened wall reinvents the city as a sensitive space where creativity becomes a shared language.

The Parallel Program at Art Madrid’25 reinforces its commitment to accessibility and the approachability of contemporary art. It promotes institutional collaboration as a driver of change and renews its significance within Madrid Art Week. This year, part of the Parallel Program is curated by Mario Gutiérrez Cru, in collaboration with Art Madrid, KREAE, and Proyector.

Art Madrid'25 – Activities program

ACTIVITIES PROGRAM FOR ART MADRID’25

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