3 days, 45 galleries and 50 artists participates in APERTURA, the official start of the art season in the capital, from 10 to 12 September.

For art lovers and for ARTE_MADRID, the Association of Art Galleries of Madrid, APERTURA is "the great event of contemporary art of Autumn" with over 50 artists from 45 galleries and participation of large institutions like the Museum Reina Sofia, Thyssen Museum and the Fundación Telefónica.

In its sixth edition, APERTURA gathers works of masters such as Yves Klein and Josef Albers, with groundbreaking proposals like those of Karen Knorr, Tomas Vu or Rirkrit Tiravanija. But the big bet of the start of the season is undoubtedly the Spanish contemporary art work from the emerging scene to the more consolidated. So, names like Santiago Ydañez, Santiago Giralda or Yann Leto, live on this days with Gordillo or Pablo Picasso.

These days, the galleries have special schedules, as well as guided tours, meetings with artists and collectors, performances... turning the city into a large museum with all contemporary art disciplines: painting, photography, sculpture... APERTURA has two objectives: to bring the public to contemporary creation and to be a meeting point for the sector.

GALLERIES AND ARTISTS

Álvaro Alcázar (PETER KRAUSKOPF) / Arnés & Röpke (ALEKSANDAR DURAVCEVIC) / Astarté (OLALLA GÓMEZ) / Bacelos (MANUEL EIRÍS) / Bat – Alberto Cornejo (MARC QUINTANA) / Benveniste Contemporary (EDUARDO STUPÍA) / Blanca Berlín (FLOR GARDUÑO) / Blanca Soto Arte (LUIS QUINTERO) / Cámara Oscura (EXPOSICIÓN COLECTIVA) / Casado Santapau (ALEXANDRE ARRECHEA) / Cayón (YVES KLEIN) / Elba Benítez (EXPOSICIÓN COLECTIVA) / Elvira González (SOL LEWITT) / Espacio Valverde (LUIS VASSALLO) / F2 (JOSÉ GUERRERO) / Fernández-Braso SOLEDAD SEVILLA) / Fernando Pradilla (GERMÁN GÓMEZ) / Formatocomodo (SAMUEL LABADIE) / Freijo Gallery (ALAIN ARIASMISSON) / Guillermo de Osma (PABLO PICASSO) / Heinrich Ehrhardt (OTTO ZITKO) / Helga de Alvear ELMGREEN & DRAGSET / Javier López (ALEX KATZ *) / José de la Mano (LUGÁN) / Juana de Aizpuru (PHILIPP FRÖHLICH) / La Caja Negra (MATHIAS GOERITZ) / La New Gallery (SANTIAGO YDÁÑEZ) / Leandro Navarro JUAN CARLOS SAVATER / Maisterravalbuena (ANTONIO BALLESTER MORENO) / Marlborough (LUIS GORDILLO) / Marta Cervera (LEONOR SERRANO RIVAS) / Max Estrella (EUGENIO AMPUDIA) / Michel Soskine, inc. (HORST JANSSEN) / Moisés Pérez de Albéniz (SANTIAGO GIRALDA) / N F Galería (RIRKRIT TIRAVANIJA – TOMAS VU) / NoguerasBlanchard (ALAIN BILTEREYST) / Parra & Romero (PALOMA POLO) / Pilar Serra (JOSEF ALBERS) / Ponce + Robles (AGGTELEK) / Rafael Pérez Hernando (SABINE FINKENAUER) / Sabrina Amrani (UBIK) / Slowtrack (KAREN KNORR) / The Goma (ANA SANTOS) / Travesía Cuatro (GONZALO LEBRIJA) / Utopia Parkway (ALBERTO PINA)