Art Madrid'24. Galería de Cristal of the Palacio de Cibeles.

ART MADRID'24 SUCCESSFULLY CELEBRATES ITS 19TH EDITION AND ITS COMMITMENT TO EMERGING CREATION

For a week, the Galería de Cristal of the Palacio de Cibeles was the venue for the 19th edition of Art Madrid. A space for encounters where gallerists, artists, public, curators, critics, collectors... have gathered. This temporary home that our fair becomes for one week is nineteen years old in 2024. On the eve of our twentieth, we celebrate the success of the edition and the commitment to emerging creation.

Art Madrid'24 opened with a General Program presenting thirty-six galleries and around two hundred artists representing the latest artistic trends on the national and international scene. It also presented a Parallel Program of activities that were held in the prefair period and during the week of the event. The objective was to support new generations of artists and offer them a space for promotion in the contemporary art market circuit., the program consisted of: Arte & Palabra: Conversations with Carlos del Amor; OPEN BOOTH X LIQUITEX with guest artist: Marina Tellme; Intercessions. Performance Cycle X Tara For Women; Lecturas. Curated Walk-throughs; La Quedada. Art Madrid'24 Studio Visits and the Collecting Program: One Shot Collectors, which includes an advisory service for the acquisition of works by Ana Suárez Gisbert.

Partial view Art Madrid'24. Booth A5 Aurora-Vigil-Escalera.

During these five days, Art Madrid'24 received a total of 19,893 visitors, including collectors, professionals, the general public and new buyers, all interested in the works of the artists represented by the 36 national and international galleries, as well as in the wide range of parallel activities. For the director of Art Madrid, Alberto Cornejo, «this edition has been the most committed of Art Madrid to emerging art. Art Madrid continues to be a reference date for those looking to make their first acquisition and a reunion for collectors and professionals who are regulars at our fair. We are very satisfied».

The General Program of this 19th edition has been complemented by a Parallel Program made up of curated walk-throughs, performances and unpublished installations, offering an interesting overview of the most current contemporary art and turning the Galería de Cristal into a window on the most groundbreaking artistic trends, thanks to the talent of established and emerging artists. In this way, Art Madrid consolidates its commitment to the most contemporary art, supporting new generations of artists and giving them the opportunity to place their projects in the contemporary art market.

Reunión de gente importantísima. Marina Tellme. OPEN BOOTH X LIQUITEX. Parallel Program. Art Madrid'24.

THE MARÍA CRISTINA MASAVEU PETERSON FOUNDATION ADDS EMERGING ARTIST MARINA TELLME’S INSTALLATION TO ITS COLLECTION

The site-specific Reunión de gente importantísima, which opened OPEN BOOTH X LIQUITEX. Having been acquired by the Masaveu Foundation, it was created especially for Art Madrid by up-and-coming artist Marina Tellme as part of the Art Madrid'24 Parallel Program. Yudinela Ortega, artistic director of the fair, remarks: «It's an intelligent work of art, critical of the context of contemporary art and accessible to all audiences. A sign of its success in this edition, it breathes Art Madrid's DNA: a fair that is close, accessible and democratic for everyone». She added «the fact that the installation, which has been backed by Art Madrid and sponsor Liquitex, has been acquired by such a prestigious foundation like the Masaveu Foundation, completes the cycle of what backing those who are just starting out on the contemporary art circuit really means. We can already say that Marina Tellme has entered the art scene, and she has done it in a big way». As for Marina Tellme, she highlights the incredible opportunity Art Madrid’24 has provided and added, «Never in my wildest dreams would I have imagined that one of my works would be acquired by a foundation like the Masaveu. I am happy and grateful to the organization of the fair for promoting it and for giving me the opportunity to be part of this edition's Parallel Program».

Partial view Art Madrid'24. Booth A21 Gallery One.

The 19th edition of Art Madrid'24 has produced very pleasing sales figures, with a total of 325 works of art having been acquired. Of these, 72 were purchased through the Art Madrid'24 Collecting Program led by Art Advisor Ana Suárez Gisbert. 10% of the artworks exceeded the value of 20,000 euros; 20% were pieces costing between 8,000 and 20,000 euros; 40% ranged from 3,000 to 8,000 euros; and 30% were pieces acquired for less than 3,000 euros. These figures underscore Art Madrid's position as an unmissable event for those who want to get started in the world of collecting. This year's fair has welcomed more international visitors, as well as those from other parts of Spain, thereby highlighting the great interest of foreign collectors who wish to broaden their collections with artworks by Spanish artists.

Once again this year, the art galleries that chose Art Madrid have noted the increase in visitor numbers and in interest from buyers. These positive figures are made up of many experienced collectors as well as novices keen to delve into the world of art. Sara Joudi, director of Shiras Gallery, pointed out «the public's interest in the proposals from day one, as well as the high standard of the fair, which is advancing towards the specialization of emerging art». Bea Villamarín, director of the gallery of the same name, also highlights the positive reception and constant stream of visitors. The director of the Korean gallery Banditrazos, Ahn Jinog, underlines «the interest in Korean art generated by its first appearance at the fair, the success and approachability of the organizers, and the presence of buyers not only from Spain but also from other European countries».

Partial view Art Madrid'24. Booth A5 Aurora Vigil-Escalera.

This year, Art Madrid'24 was visited by prominent personalities and institutional representatives such as the Mayor of Madrid, José Luis Martínez-Almeida; the Delegate of the Government Area of Culture, Tourism and Sport, Marta María Rivera de la Cruz; the current Spokesperson of the Socialist Municipal Group in the Madrid City Council, Reyes Maroto; the deputy secretary of Culture and spokesperson of the Popular Party, Borja Semper; representatives of the general sub-directorate for the promotion of tourism of the Community of Madrid, the directorate of Plastic Arts of the Ministry of Culture, Tourism and Sport of the Community of Madrid; as well as representatives of other autonomous communities such as Aragon, the Valencian Community, the Cabildo of Gran Canaria and the Foral Community of Navarre, among others. Also present were representatives of the embassies of: Republic of Lithuania, Republic of Argentina, France, Ireland, Romania, Republic of Iraq, Bosnia Herzegovina, Mexico, Portugal and Brazil.

The event also welcomed important foundations and institutions such as the Goethe Foundation, Azcona Foundation, Carmen and Lluís Bassat Foundation, María Cristina Masaveu Peterson Foundation, BBVA Foundation, Ankaria Foundation, Thyssen-Bornemisza Art Contemporary Foundation, Banco Santander Foundation, SETBA Zona d'Art Foundation, Telefónica Foundation, Mapfre Foundation, Enrique Ochoa Foundation, ENAIRE Foundation, Caja de Burgos Foundation, Tara Women Entrepreneurs Foundation and Paradores Nacionales.

Partial view Art Madrid'24. Booth B6 Arma Gallery.

Art Madrid'24 was attended by important institutions such as: Centro Atlántico de Arte Moderno (CAAM), INELCOM Collection, Centro de Arte Contemporáneo de Burgos (CAB), Centro de Arte Contemporáneo José Guerrero, CCCB Centro de Cultura Contemporánea de Barcelona, Centro Museo Vasco de Arte Contemporáneo (ARTIUM), Instituto Valenciano de Arte Moderno (IVAM), Institut Français de España, Museo de Navarra, Museo ThyssenBornemisza, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo (MUSARCO), Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía (MNCARS), Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Vigo (MARCO), Museo Extremeño e Iberoamericano de Arte Contemporáneo (MEIAC), Tenerife Espacio de las Artes (TEA), Casa de Colón. Cabildo de Gran Canaria, Casa de América, MAS Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Santander, Casa Árabe de Madrid, Museo Lázaro Galdiano, Museo del Romanticismo, Centro de Arte de Alcobendas, Es Baluard Museo de Arte Moderno y Contemporáneo, Museo Barjola, among others.

Partial view Art Madrid'24. Booth B2 Yiri Arts.

BOOSTING COLLECTING AT ART MADRID'24

Throughout the 19th edition of Art Madrid, the Fundación Carmen y Lluís Bassat has provided continued support and collaboration. The BASSAT FOUNDATION ACQUISITION PROGRAM was launched as part of its important work to continue supporting contemporary art and its firm commitment to promote collecting. In line with the quality and values of Art Madrid'24, the program aims to create a permanent platform for the expansion and enrichment of the foundation's collection, spotlighting and acquiring works of contemporary art that reflect the diversity of emerging voices and trends in the market. Consequently, the program has acquired artworks by Carlos Tárdez (Galería Bea Villamarín), Samuel Salcedo (3 Punts Galeria), Fernando Daza (Trema arte contemporânea).

THE ONE SHOT COLLECTORS EMERGING ARTIST AWARD sponsored by ONE SHOT HOTELS was presented to artist Luz Moreno Pinart (CLC ARTE Gallery). The award, which focuses on sustainable practices in contemporary art, has the backing and support of the official sponsor of Art Madrid'24, One Shot Hotels, which since its very beginning has demonstrated its commitment to art in all its formats and disciplines.

Partial view Art Madrid'24. Booth A11 Galería Arancha Osoro.

SPONSORS AND PARTNERS COMMITTED TO ART

The 19th edition of Art Madrid was made possible thanks to the support of its official sponsors: Liquitex, One Shot Hotels, Lexus, and Safe Creative; its partners Tara for Women, Fundació Bassat, AVAM, Rotary Club Marbella, and Bezoya; as well as the institutions Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Madrid City Council, Ministry of Culture and Sport of Spain, Community of Madrid, Ministry of Culture of Taiwan, and Economic and Cultural Office of Taipei, and all media partners.

We thank everyone for their trust and support in this 19th edition. Your support is essential to continue building towards culture and contemporary art. We promise to work with renewed enthusiasm in the next event, where Art Madrid will celebrate its 20th edition.

¡SEE YOU IN ART MADRID'25!

Partial view Art Madrid'24. Booth B5 Loo & Lou Gallery.

ART MADRID’25 PRESENTS THE PARTICIPATING GALLERIES AND THE PARALLEL PROGRAM FOR THE EDITION

Art Madrid celebrates 20 years of contemporary art in 2025, reaffirming its role as a key legitimizing event in Spain's visual arts sector. As the contemporary art fair that paved the way for other fairs and events now coinciding on the same dates, it once again welcomes national and international galleries during Madrid Art Week. This edition promises to lay the foundation for the new directions the fair will take in the future.

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Art Madrid’25 presents the Gallery Program for its 20th edition

The Gallery Program of Art Madrid’25 is the main axis of the fair, serving as a meeting point where diverse voices of contemporary art converge. Comprised of a selection of established, mid-career, and emerging galleries, the program offers a representative vision of the latest artistic trends. Through experimentation and the exploration of new visual languages, participating artists present works that reflect the aesthetic codes and concerns of our time. Each edition, Art Madrid stands out for its curatorial approach, featuring a carefully curated selection of national and international galleries and artists, showcasing the pulse of the most innovative proposals that define the present and future of contemporary art.

In this 20th edition, Art Madrid becomes an essential meeting point for those who closely follow the work of galleries and artists. The Crystal Gallery will be filled with fresh and daring proposals from thirty-five galleries, both national and international, inviting us to rethink art in its purest form. What we will see is not just a display of the best of the moment, but a testament to how art continues to challenge conventions, evoke emotions, and push the boundaries of what is possible.

The exhibition proposals, varied in approaches and techniques, bring us closer to an art that is unafraid to experiment and encourages us to reflect on the world around us. Each work, more than just an aesthetic object, will be a provocation, an invitation to look beyond the obvious. Throughout the fair, it will be impossible not to feel how these creations leave their mark on contemporary culture while simultaneously finding their place within the complex framework of the art market, reaffirming Art Madrid as a key reference within the national art scene.

Photo courtesy of Beatriz Maestre

Spanish galleries: New voices emerge

Spain will be represented by twenty-one galleries, a strong showcase of the creative diversity across the country. Two of them are participating in Art Madrid for the first time: Carmen Terreros Gallery (Zaragoza) and Canal Gallery (Barcelona), bringing with them a breath of fresh air that promises to surprise. Nineteen galleries are returning to the fair, celebrating the twenty years of an event that opened its doors to them from the very beginning, with the shared commitment to continue working for contemporary art produced locally. The galleries returning to Art Madrid’25 are: 3 Punts Galería (Barcelona); Alba Cabrera Gallery (Valencia); Aurora Vigil-Escalera (Gijón); CLC ARTE (Valencia); DDR Art Gallery (Madrid); Galería Arancha Osoro (Oviedo); Galería BAT alberto cornejo (Madrid); Galería Espiral (Noja); Galería La Mercería (Valencia); Galería Luisa Pita (Santiago de Compostela); Galería Metro (Santiago de Compostela); Galería Rodrigo Juarranz (Aranda de Duero); Inéditad Gallery (Barcelona); Kur Art Gallery (San Sebastián); Moret Art (A Coruña); OOA GALLERY (Sitges/London); Pigment Gallery (Barcelona); Shiras Galería (Valencia); and Uxval Gochez Gallery (Barcelona).

Photo courtesy of Beatriz Maestre

International galleries: A dialogue without borders

Pero el arte no entiende de fronteras, y por eso Art Madrid siempre ha sido un lugar de encuentro global. Este año, trece galerías internacionales ocupan sus lugares de enunciación para enriquecer la propuesta expositiva del evento. Cuatro de ellas participan por primera vez: Aria Gallery (Florencia, Italia), CHINI Gallery (Taipéi, Taiwán); Gallery 1000A (Nueva Delhi, India) y Ting Ting Art Space (Taipéi, Taiwán), aportarán una visión fresca y diversa, consolidando a Art Madrid como una feria en expansión hacia el escenario del arte contemporáneo internacional. Junto a estas, otras como Collage Habana (La Habana, Cuba); Galeria Sâo Mamede (Lisboa, Portugal); Galleria Stefano Forni (Bolonia, Italia); Jackie Shor Projects (São Paulo, Brasil); Loo & Lou Gallery (París, Francia); Nuno Sacramento Arte Contemporânea (Ílhavo, Portugal); O-Art Project (Lima, Perú),Trema Arte Contemporânea (Lisboa, Portugal) y Yiri Arts (Taipéi, Taiwán), que una edición más vuelven a confiar en Art Madrid como apuesta segura.

But art knows no boundaries, which is why Art Madrid has always been a global meeting point. This year, thirteen international galleries will take their places to enrich the event's exhibition proposal. Four of them are participating for the first time: Aria Gallery (Florence, Italy), CHINI Gallery (Taipei, Taiwan), Gallery 1000A (New Delhi, India), and Ting Ting Art Space (Taipei, Taiwan), bringing a fresh and diverse perspective, consolidating Art Madrid as a fair expanding into the international contemporary art scene. Alongside them, others such as Collage Habana (Havana, Cuba), Galeria Sâo Mamede (Lisbon, Portugal), Galleria Stefano Forni (Bologna, Italy), Jackie Shor Projects (São Paulo, Brazil), Loo & Lou Gallery (Paris, France), Nuno Sacramento Arte Contemporânea (Ílhavo, Portugal), O-Art Project (Lima, Peru), Trema Arte Contemporânea (Lisbon, Portugal), and Yiri Arts (Taipei, Taiwan) return once again, trusting Art Madrid as a reliable platform.

The journey through these twenty years of contemporary art has been a milestone that we reach with the same commitment as the emerging project that once reshaped the landscape of art fairs in Spain and has since been both a participant and witness to the growth of a welcoming, diverse, strong, and constantly evolving art scene.

Photo courtesy of Beatriz Maestre

Parallel program: Sensitive Cartographies of the City Territory

The Parallel Program of Art Madrid'25 goes beyond the boundaries of the fair, proposing a dynamic connection between art and the city. Under the concept of Territory and City, this edition takes art to urban spaces, to the everyday corners that shape the memory and present of Madrid.

Highlighted activities include augmented reality and digital experiences, video creation, ephemeral installations, and urban interventions that engage directly with the city of Madrid. These actions expand the work of the artists into the urban environment, fostering an ongoing conversation between art and the territory. In this way, the city becomes a creative laboratory where the everyday and the artistic intertwine, opening new forms of connection between the community and art.

The program also explores the emotional and identity geographies that run through Madrid, inviting reflection on the meaning of belonging to a place and how artistic practices transform our relationship with space. Through the theme of Territory and City, the Parallel Program of Art Madrid'25 creates a map that connects the local with the global, the intimate with the collective, and opens a sensory experience that strengthens the ties between art, territory as an expanded concept, and the city as a container of sensitive realities.

The Parallel Program of Art Madrid'25 invites you to explore the intersections between art, public space, and community, transforming Madrid into a territory-city of creation and shared reflection.

Photo courtesy of Beatriz Maestre

In this 20th edition, we proudly celebrate the journey of our fair and deeply appreciate the support and trust of artists, gallerists, collectors, and art enthusiasts who have been key to Art Madrid’s continued growth with an eye on the future. It has not been an easy path, but we have understood the importance of ensuring that an event like this endures, solidifies its place in the national art market circuit, and becomes a gateway to the international art scene.