Art Madrid'24 – 4th edition of MULAFEST Urban Culture festival in Ifema

There is only one place where skaters, tattoo artists, graffiti and underground art lovers meet each other, a site with delicious Street Food and concerts of electronic music, rap, breakdance sessions ... That place is the MULAFEST, hot spot of urban culture and that its last edition gathered more than 30,000 people in the space of the IFEMA Trade Fair.
 
MULAFEST opens this Thursday 25 to Sunday 28 will delight lovers of street culture, street art, alternative music, engine and ink and also with novelties.
 
This year the Festival opens GALLERY MULAFEST, a new space for underground galleries of Madrid, six specialists in urban art, urban installation and illustration as Swinton & Grant, Espositivo, Gunter Gallery, La Fiambrera, Combustión Espontánea and creative hubs as Espacio Oculto and El Keller that will display the work of several artists such as E1000, Boamistura, Sabez, Ivan Solves and DosJotas. In addition, it will be presented the collective mural made by Ricardo Cavolo with more than 100 people last year.
Cavolo is also one of the illustrators who, during the exhibition "Zurbarán: a new look" at the Thyssen-Bornemisza museum, will revisit one of the masterpieces of the Baroque, the "Santa Casilda" (1630 1635), with different styles and contemporary readings. There will be plenty of graffiti battles: 2 artists, 6 colors and six minutes; or the urban art workshops for children.
In the musical section will be concerts by Jon Hopkins, Hudson Mohawke, 2ManyDJs or the British pop band Is Tropical. And if among tattoo, parkour, skate and dance you do not find place to keep the money, do not worry, they have thought about it and have the smart bracelet "Cashless", a system that will facilitate entry and which also you can pay all your and beverage purchases. Happy MULA!

 

If you are a contemporary art gallery and would like to be part of Art Madrid'25, you can now apply to participate!

The 20th edition of Art Madrid will take place from 5 to 9 March 2025 in the Galería de Cristal del Palacio de Cibeles. This privileged location, good communications and the quality of the project have always been guarantees of success for an event that reaches 20,000 visitors in each edition.

Art Madrid has been held during the capital's Art Week for the last twenty years, consolidating itself as an interdisciplinary fair of new artistic trends, in which nearly 40 national and international galleries participate, working with painting, sculpture, graphics, photography, installation and digital art of recent production.

Partial view of Art Madrid'24. Contemporary Art Fair. 19th edition, 2024

Art Madrid carries out a series of programs designed by curators, consultants and cultural experts with the fundamental objective of encouraging collecting, promoting cultural dialogue and making the most recent trends in art accessible to the general public. These initiatives are always focused on the constant improvement of the visitor's experience at our event, always seeking to enrich their interaction with contemporary art.

Partial view of Art Madrid'24. Contemporary Art Fair. 19th edition, 2024

PROGRAMS

Gallery Program

Art Madrid's Gallery Program is the heart of the fair. In each edition of Art Madrid, the program consists of around 40 national and international exhibitors.

Parallel Activities Program

The Parallel Program of Art Madrid'25 will have as its main axis the concept of the Territory City. The public space, the city and the territory will serve as a link to the artistic practices that take place in the "imagined spaces" and revitalize the cultural geography of Madrid.

Collecting Program

Art Madrid offers a specialized consulting service for galleries and the public interested in acquiring works of art.

Support Program for New Entries

Through a specific communication package, new entries to the fair will be presented and given special visibility.

Activities

The program will include a series of activities that will take place throughout the month of February and during Madrid Art Week at the Galería de Cristal del Palacio de Cibeles. Likewise, the parallel program will maintain the 2nd edition of the Open Booth, the Performance Cycle, Lecturas: Curated Walktrhoughs by Art Madrid, and the Interviews Section curated by Art Madrid.

Partial view of Art Madrid'24. Contemporary Art Fair. 19th edition, 2024

AWARDS

Best Booth Award

Award that will be articulated around the gallery with the best booth set up at the fair.

New Entry Award

Award will be given to the newly incorporated gallery with the best booth setup and exhibition proposal at the fair.

Emerging Artist Award

Our sponsors, as part of their line of action to promote contemporary art, will offer a prize to one of the revelation artists participating in the fair.

Partial view of Art Madrid'24. Contemporary Art Fair. 19th edition, 2024

Our support for art and culture extends throughout the year and responds to a global vision in which constancy and commitment to the galleries are essential to achieve our objectives of disseminating contemporary art within and beyond our borders; to create new audiences and interest in art and culture in all sectors of society; to strengthen and promote artists, especially young talent; to value art and culture as essential elements of social development; and to create spaces for cultural visibility and communication that are accessible, open and dynamic.



Relevant information

Applications for the 20th edition of Art Madrid'25 can be sent to the following e-mail address: info@art-madrid.com until October 7, 2024