This year Art Madrid wants to highlight the work involved in designing and installation the booths. Thus, the effort and dedication by the gallerists and artists participating in this edition will be recognized with two special awards for two of the best booths granted by the organizers of the fair.

Samuel Salcedo

Peace 1/2/3 (cada pieza), 2018

Resina de epoxy

70 x 60cm

Many visitors would be surprised to know the great work hiding in "the booth installation", work prior to the celebration of the fair that also requires updating in the event of purchases of the artworks that form it. While it is true that it is an ephemeral work, since it only lasts the days of the fair, it is also true that the exhibition design determines the way in which we perceive the pieces. In addition, and with the exception of stands dedicated to the One Project program, designed for each artist having his space, the works of different artists coexist in the General Program booths, between three to twelve creators. Creating dialogues between these works, composing the spaces in a harmonious or pleasant way, getting the best lighting, arranging the pieces in such a way that the audience can circulate without involving any danger to the booth... Many details that define the style of the gallery and condition the way in which the public approaches the expository proposals.

Gorka García

Art 58, 2018

Mixed technique

200 x 200cm

Jordi Alcaraz

Untitled, 2018

Mixed media

80 x 100cm

Leticia Felgueroso

Gran Vía edificio Rolex amarillo, 2018

Photography

108 x 130cm

This year, some of the displays especially stand out. These are 3 Punts Galeria, which presents works by Alejandro Monge, Gerard Mas, Kiko Miyares, Samuel Salcedo, Silvio Alino, Nick Veasey, Ramon Surinyac and Okuda San Miguel; the Gallery BAT Alberto Cornejo, with pieces by Gustavo Díaz Sosa, José Ramón Lozano, Lantomo, Mária Švarbová, Carlos Albert, Leticia Felgueroso, Marta Sánchez Luengo, Rafael Amorós, Fernando Palacios, Carlos Iglesias Faura and Rubén Martín de Lucas, Guest Artist of this edition. Equally, we also can outline the display of the gallery directed by Aurora Vigil-Escalera, which offers in its booth a selection of works by Juan Genovés, Herminio, Pablo Armesto, Gorka García, Ismael Lagares, Rafael Macarrón, David Rodríguez Caballero, Santiago Picatoste and Marcela Lobo. Also, the Miquel Alzueta booth (Barcelona) stands out and in their space you can find works by the artists Jordi Alcaraz, Edgar Plans, Maria Yellletisch, Hugo Alonso, Andrea Torres and Lídia Masllorens.

Javier Victorero

En el jardín VI, 2018

Acrylic on canvas

310 x 294cm

Outstanding booths are also those of MH Art Gallery, with works by Joo Eun Bae, Monica Dixon, Estefanía Urrutia and Thilleli Rahmoun; those of the Cornión Gallery, which presents works by Miguel Calano, Javier Victorero and Amancio; as well as the Luisa Pita gallery new selection with the works by María Ortega Estepa, Maríajosé Gallardo y Darío Basso.

Likewise, the space designed by the Zielinsky gallery is one of the most interesting, and in its booth you can see the work by the artists Joaquín Lalanne, Yamadú Canosa, Eduardo Marco, Pachi Santiago, Daniel Orson Ybarra and Juan Fielitz; the booth of the Bea Villamarín gallery, with works by the artists Mònica Subidé, Carlos Tárdez, Patricia Escutia, Candela Muniozguren and Alejandro Quincoces; or that of Víctor Lope arte Contemporáneo, a booth in which spectators will be able to see the pieces by Kepa Garraza, Jacinto Moros, Patrik Grijalvo and Dirk Salz. This gallery has also been responsible for the design of one of the spaces of the One Project program, where it represents the artist Alejandra Atarés. Within this program, the booth designed by RV Cultura e Arte and the artist Manuela Eichner is worth mentioning, as well as that of the About Art Gallery and Nuria Mora or the Contour Art Gallerybooth with Rūta Vadlugaitė.

Guim Tió Zarraluki

Capvespre, 2017

Oil on linen

65 x 81cm

Ernesto Rancaño

Aire, 2018

Printed photography and charcoal on canvas, LED light

114 x 114cm

As for the foreign exhibitors, the Yiri Arts proposals stand out, a Taiwanese gallery that exhibits works by Chen Yun, Guim Tió, Lai Wei-Yu and Mònica Subidé; as well as that of his neighbour at the Galería de Cristal, Collage Habana, gallery which presents a selection of Cuban creators: Andy Llanes Bultó, Daniel R. Collazo, Ernesto Rancaño and Roldán Lauzán Eiras. Other outstanding installations of foreign galleries are those of the North American Lola & the Unicorn, with pieces by Fernando Daza, Bosco Sodi, Isabelita Valdecasas, Juan Genovés and Miguel Vallinas; or the Portuguese Paulo Nunes-Arte Contemporânea, where the works by Ana Pais Oliveira, Manuel Patinha, Mário Macilau and Rui Dias Monteiro are exhibited. In addition, those visitors really interested in buying a piece, have the possibility to discover those works that gallerists also keep in their small and ephemeral warehouses. Also, the organisation highlighted the Robert Drees visual proposal (Hannover), composed by Pepa Salas, Markus Fräger, Michael Laube, Sun Rae Kim and Jürgen Jansen's works.

Patrik Grijalvo

Veles et Vents (Serie Gravitación Visual), 2018

Photograph on Hahnemühle paper

150 x 150cm

Patricia Escutia

Page 51-52, 2018

Wire on canvas

81 x 124cm

This year, the Art Madrid organization awards two special prizes to the two best booths. In addition to this recognition, the prizes consist of a special communication and promotion campaign within the Art Madrid Market, an online sales space where curated virtual exhibitions will be held. Art Madrid has decided to reward the booths of the galleries Víctor Lope Arte Contemporáneo and Bea Villamarín galleries.

Víctor Lope is a Catalan gallery founded in 2009 and located in the centre of Barcelona. From the beginning, it has opted to launch and consolidate the careers of emerging and mid-career artists who have a unique vision of contemporary art. Another feature that defines this gallery is its international character, and in this sense, they make a great effort to consolidate their artists in the European and international art market. In Art Madrid features a thoughtful selection of the wood sculptures of Jacinto Moros, the photomontages by Patrik Grijalvo, the mysterious resin pieces by Dirk Salz and a large drawing by Kepa Garraza, "a Louis XIV" portrait with which the artist appropriates the vision codes of power to launch critical and ironic messages.

Candela Muniozguren

Acid Bang 08, 2018

Lacquered steel

48 x 17cm

Jacinto Moros

FMK100, 2017

Maple wood and formica

132 x 70cm

For its part, the Bea Villamarín Gallery is located in Gijón, one of the Spanish cities with the greatest creative tradition, as well as gallery and collect tradition. This gallery stands out for its involvement in the promotion and promotion of young artists, both national and international. Specialized in advising corporate collectors, the gallery directed by Beatriz Villamarín and Daniel García presents in Art Madrid an interesting dialogue between the abstract writings of Patricia Escutia, the geometric and colorful sculptures by Candela Muniozguren and the much more realistic ones by Carlos Tárdez, together with the paintings of Mònica Subidé and Alejandro Quincoces, natural scenes in the case of the first and urban in the case of the second.

If you want to see these and the rest of the artistic proposals of the more than 40 participating galleries, you can still visit the fair today from 11 a.m. to 9 a.m. in the stunning Crystal Gallery of the Palacio de Cibeles. Today, we celebrate the last day of Art Madrid'19!

Art Madrid celebrates its twenty years of contemporary art in 2025, establishing itself as a key event within the cultural sector in Spain. For its 20th edition, the fair will feature a Gallery Program with thirty-four national and international exhibitors, along with an extensive Parallel Program focused on the conceptual theme: City Territory. Here, we share all the details we've prepared for our upcoming encounter with contemporary art.

The public space, the city, and territory will be the concepts around which the different specialized agents in the sector will present their visions on how artistic practices impact the urban environment. The sensory experience will be fundamental in shaping the work that explores the connections between art, territory as a liminal space, and the city as a sensitive social agora. The activities developed in the Parallel Program will serve as a bridge to practices emerging from shifting identities and spatial imaginaries that revitalize the cultural geography of Madrid. The city, understood as a permeable organism and a topography of shared meanings, becomes the stage for a sensitive exploration of the impact of art on the spaces we inhabit.

CHOU Ching Hui. A Promised Land. The Planet of Angels No.5. Photography. 2024.

The concept of territory, a blurred boundary between the public and the private, takes on new meanings when artistic practices address the invisible traces of everyday life. The streets, squares, and corners of Madrid are reimagined as symbolic landscapes that challenge the familiar gaze. Here, the city is a palimpsest where the gestures of the past engage in conversation with visions of a future still under construction. In this setting, the sensory experience becomes a bridge connecting the ephemeral with the enduring, the intimate with the collective.

The activities of the Parallel Program not only offer a physical journey through spaces transformed by art but also invite deep reflection on the shifting identities that emerge within the urban fabric. From performances that reimagine the boundaries of civic experience to installations that revitalize spatial imaginaries, each proposal challenges us with essential questions: What does it mean to inhabit? How do we reinterpret common spaces?

The dialogue between art and the city that takes place in Art Madrid is also an invitation to rethink the cultural geography of the capital. Madrid, in its heterogeneity, is a map in constant flux, where memory and invention intertwine. In this context, art acts as a cartographer, tracing new paths of meaning that enrich the experience of those who walk through them. On every corner, on every wall that speaks through an artistic intervention, the city reinvents itself as a sensitive space, a territory where creativity becomes the common language of its citizens.

TENG Pu Chun.The red bridge beyond a glass panel. Mixed media on canvas. 2024.

It happens with cities as with dreams: everything imaginable can be dreamed, but even the most unexpected dream is a riddle that hides a desire, or its inverse, a fear. Cities, like dreams, are built of desires and fears, although the thread of their discourse is secret, their rules absurd, their perspectives misleading, and everything hides another. — I have neither desires nor fears —declared the Khan—, and my dreams are composed either by the mind or by chance. — Cities, too, believe they are the work of the mind or of chance, but neither one nor the other is enough to keep their walls standing. Of a city, you do not enjoy the seven or the seventy-seven wonders, but the answer it gives to a question of yours. (Italo Calvino. Invisible Cities)

Federico Uribe. Still life. Bullet casings. 2020.

The Parallel Program of Art Madrid'25 reaffirms its commitment to accessibility and bringing contemporary art closer to all audiences. It fosters institutional collaboration as a driver of positive change in the art scene and renews its presence as a key event during Madrid's Art Week. On this occasion, some of the activities of the Parallel Program are curated by Mario Gutiérrez Cru, a collaboration between Art Madrid, KREAE, and Proyector.

The Parallel Program of Art Madrid'25 features a variety of proposals that will take place in the days leading up to the fair and during the event itself at the Galería de Cristal in the Palacio de Cibeles:

Before the fair (February 28 / March 1 and 2)

Dialoga Ciudad (February 28):

Poetry in motion. Poetic actions that turn public space into a stage where the everyday meets the sublime. In various parts of the city, itinerant poetry will mediate the interactions that pedestrians establish in the public space. Through ephemeral interventions in strategic points around the city, participants explore the potential of poetry as a tool for emotional and social communication that disrupts the urban landscape.

Invited artists: Ajo y Peru; Helena Mariño y Enri La Forêt.

Iyán Castaño Circular currents in time. Mixed media on canvas. 2024.

Arquitecturas Imaginadas (February 28):

Metro stations are reinvented through interventions by artists who invite us to engage in a dialogue about urban movement interactions. These actions seek to redefine the traveler's experience, promoting the perception of the metro not just as functional infrastructure, but as a cultural space and site for social interaction. This approach aims to spark a deep reflection on public mobility and the value of shared spaces, emphasizing the role of art in transforming urban sensibilities, within an educational initiative aimed at raising citizen awareness about the shared use of territory.

Invited artists: Ana Matey; Domix Garrido; Araceli López y Andrés Montes.

La Quedada (March 1 - 2):

Professional visits to artist studios and creative spaces. A circuit of professional visits to artist studios and creative spaces, exploring territories of care and connections between the center and the periphery. This tour invites participants to discover the environments where projects imagining alternative futures are conceived, fostering dialogue and creative exchange. It's an opportunity to explore the creative processes of invited artists firsthand.

Invited artists: Boa Mistura; Todoporlapraxis; Mateo Maté; C.A.R.y Laura Lío.

Veljko Vuckovic. Subordination. Oil on canvas. 2022.

During the fair (March 5 - 9)

Ciudad Sutil:

Susi Vetter leads this augmented reality experience on Montalbán street, designed to intervene on Montalbán street, the main entrance to the fair, with the goal of offering a sublimated vision of the urban environment and the city's landscape. The proposal invites the public to discover an alternative layer of reality through technology.

Invited artist: Susi Vetter.

Open Booth:

In collaboration with Nebrija University, it offers a space dedicated to emerging artists to exhibit their works within the professional contemporary art circuit. This will be the second edition of the initiative with which Art Madrid renews its commitment to emerging creation, providing a white cube for an artistic intervention inspired by the key concepts of the Parallel Program of the fair. This year, the project Bajotierras/Sobrenubes. (DEL OSO, UN PELO), curated by Luis Gárciga, will be a collective exhibition that will enhance the dialogue between different emerging artists.

Raíces Afuera. Performance Program:

Five women artists address migration, uprooting, and the weight of alienation in a performance program that takes as its starting point Simone Weil's book "Rooting" (Trotta, 2014), to explore the notion of belonging and the need for rooting in a contemporary world characterized by fragmentation, displacement, and disconnection. The project is set within the fair's context as a critical and reflective space that challenges the relationship between the individual and their environment, community, and sense of identity.

Invited artists: Josefina Bardi; Eléonore Ozanne; Valentina Alvarado Matos; Ra Asensi y Agustina Palazzo.

Lecturas. Recorridos comisariados:

A cultural mediation project designed to bring the public closer to the works that will be displayed in the galleries participating in Art Madrid'25. For this occasion, Eugenia Tenenbaum and Clara González Freyre de Andrade invite us to discover new perspectives on contemporary art through carefully designed itineraries to bring us closer to the exhibition proposals of this edition.

Tiffany Alfonseca. The Trinity (Bochinche). Acrylic, pencils, rhinestones on canvas. 2024.

Espacio Tectónica:

A versatile space within the fair that will host an international video art cycle curated by Mario Gutiérrez Cru, featuring international audiovisual artists. This cycle will address key themes such as migration, territoriality, and the dynamics between centers and peripheries, reflecting on the city as a labyrinth or Tower of Babel, as well as on the role of the individual in relation to new architectural icons. Through video pieces, the artists explore how the relationships between peripheries and urban centers are interrelated in a globalized context, reflecting technological and social phenomena, such as semiconductor production in Taiwan or landscape transformation in Brazil. The pieces, combining moving images and sound, aim to generate deep reflection on the interaction between urban spaces, nature, climate disasters, and the contemporary perception of the environment.

Invited artists: lololol - Xia Lin & Sheryl Cheung; Tezi Gabundia; Ilaria Di Carlo; Magda Gebhardt; Yuchi Hsiao; Juan Carlos Bracho y Lukas Marxt.

Sección 20 Grados:

A cycle of interventions to be held in the Tectonics Space. For this occasion, ten artists will be invited whose research focuses on the dialogue between art and urban spaces. The proposals will explore how artistic practices can question the social structure of cities and the ways individuals relate to urban architecture and territories. The selected projects will materialize into ephemeral interventions and presentations reflecting on these themes.

Invited artists: Susi Vetter; Helena Goñi; Paula Lafuente; Amaya Hernández; Elena Arroyo; Olga Mesa ; Deneb Martos; Guillermo G. Peydró & Jeanne de Petricomi; Sergio Muro y Javier Olivera.

Carolina Bazo. Selva Roja Photo performance, printed on cotton paper. 2022.

In this edition, Art Madrid celebrates two decades of support and promotion of contemporary art, reaffirming its role as a catalyst for change, reflection, and artistic creation. The Parallel Program, presented as the most ambitious initiative of this edition, embodies our commitment to innovation and collaboration. With the participation of more than thirty artists, it becomes an enriching space for exchange that goes beyond the conventional boundaries of the market, expanding the frontiers of art, exploring new dynamics, and opening space for social critique and the most radical creativity.

This program would not be possible without the active collaboration of galleries, institutions, and artists who, year after year, have believed in Art Madrid's ability to make a real impact on the art scene. Through this program, we reaffirm our belief that art is a means to question, transform, and connect, beyond commercial dynamics and in tune with the social and cultural changes that define our era.

Aware of the challenge of maintaining the relevance of an event like ours, this edition presents a true reflection of our ability to adapt and be proactive in creating an inclusive, accessible space open to the new voices that are charting the course of contemporary art. Thus, Art Madrid reaffirms itself as an indisputable benchmark in the cultural scene, committed to innovation and the promotion of an artistic practice that continues to evolve relentlessly.