Art Madrid'24 – Mulafest fifth edition in Madrid

 

 

MULAFEST has positioned itself as the festival that starts the summer in the city with a program of activities covering art, music and urban culture with a strong international vocation and proposals that reinvent themselves for this edition: garage, circus, performing arts, urban sports, streetfood and the only beach in Madrid.

 

 

 

 

This year, among the concerts, with DJs and live shows to dance, see, hear and feel, will be the Odesza live, the mixtures keyboard, synthesizers and electronic drums of SBTRKT DJ set, the black electronics of Gramatik, the ambient-house of The Orbital, Troyboi, Sleaford Mods or the renovator of electronic-pop Matthew Herbert DJ.

 

 

 

In the section of art, Misterpiro, Antonyo Marest, Fernando Maselli, Kaufman, Federico Ruiz (CRO), Pepo Rossel (XTR), Valtoron or Nomade Cycles participate this year in the area "Garage Mulafest" linking art and engine and where their works share space with more than 60 motorcycles converted thus in authentic pieces of art. And in this field, the exhibition "10 × 10.Art and Fashion " will be a creative challenge in which ten illustrators has been set in front of a fashion design to customize it. Creative couples are: Ricardo Cavolo and Maya Hansen, Maria Herreros and Ion Fiz, Yes and Juana Martín, Carmen Garcia Huerta and Ulises Merida, Coté Escrivá and Teresa Helbig, Coco Davez and Alianto, Sanz i Vila and Juan Vidal, Rubenimichi and John Duyos, Antonyo Marest and Mané Mané to end Bnomio and Xavi Reyes.

 

 

 

 

On Sunday June 26, the festival puts the finishing touch with a real Holi Rang Party & Jam brought directly from India. The most colorful festival of the Asian country will break in Madrid to the tune of DJ music and DJ Sumit Sethi Clement, who transported those present in a direct trip to Asia. Dance and colorful and exotic musical numbers, internationally known thanks to the spread achieved by Bollywood cinema will also be present at this year's festival.

 

 

 

For the lovers of boards, MULAFEST retrieves the Plaza de Colón, traditional meeting point of the skaters of the city and the venue for the CLN Legends (Legends Columbus) with an exhibition in the purest "old-school skaters".

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