Art Madrid'25 – Participating galleries Art Madrid16

 

 

 

For the third consecutive year, during the Madrid Art Week, the heart of the city is full of contemporary art proposals with the more than 200 artists that we will enjoy at the contemporary art fair Art Madrid. In the General Program of the fair this year involved 27 Spanish galleries: 3 Punts Galeria, Miquel Alzueta Gallery, Gallery Marc Calzada, Artur Ramon Art, Balaguer Gallery and El Quatre Art Gallery, from Barcelona; Materna y Herencia, BAT Alberto Cornejo, Hispanica Contemporánea (Madrid-Mexico), Kreisler Gallery and El Cisne Gallery, from Madrid; Alba Cabrera and Gallery Benlliure, both from Valencia; Aurora Vigil-Escalera Art Gallery, Gijon; Montenegro and Moret Art, from Vigo and La Coruña. This year 11 new galleries enjoy the fair: Alonso Vidal Gallery and Trama Gallery, Barcelona; Artizar Gallery (La Laguna, Tenerife), cis-art (nomadic gallery), Espiral (Noja, Cantabria), Kir Royal Gallery (Valencia), Vanguardia Gallery (Bilbao), Gallery Veintinueve 06/13 (Mallorca), Pep Llabrés Art Contemporary (Mallorca) and Estampa and Marita Segovia, from Madrid.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Special mention to the big participation of foreign galleries (11 in the General Program) in Art Madrid'16 with Art Lounge Gallery (Lisbon, Portugal), Collage Habana Gallery (Havana, Cuba) and Moleiro's Gallery (Cuba), Schmalfuss Berlin (Berlin, Germany) and 100 Kubik (Cologne, Germany), Yiri Arts (Taipei, Taiwan), Kaplanon Galleries (Athens, Greece), Maksla XO (Riga, Latvia), Norty Mécénat (Paris, France), Alba Area Gallery (Brescia, Italy) and Unique Gallery (Turin, Italy).

 

 


 

 

 

In #ONEPROJECT program, with eight projects in 'solo-show' and curated by Carlos Delgado Mayordomo, will participate: Alejandro Gallery (Barcelona), Nuca Area (Santander), Espacio Valverde (Madrid), Galerie Voss (Duesseldorf involved, Germany), Mojacar Factory Art (Mojacar, Almeria), Ogami Press (Madrid), Plom Gallery (Barcelona) and synchresis (Empoli, Florence, Italy). The artists who represent this project will reveal in detail very soon.

 

 

And, as appetiser, some activities of the Parallel Program AM16: lectures, panel discussions, workshops, meetings... dedicated to ART&GENDER, identity, roles and visibility of women in the world of art.
 

 

 

 


PARTICIPATING GALLERIES AM16

PROGRAMA GENERAL
100 Kubik (Colonia, Alemania)
3 Punts Galeria (Barcelona)
Alba Area Gallery (Brescia, Italia)
Alba Cabrera (Valencia)
Alonso Vidal (Barcelona)
Art Lounge Gallery (Lisboa, Portugal)
Artur Ramon Art (Barcelona)
Aurora Vigil-Escalera Galería de Arte (Gijón)
BAT Alberto Cornejo (Madrid)
cis-art (Nómada)
EL QUATRE, Art Gallery Barcelona (Barcelona)
Espiral (Noja,Cantabria)
Estampa (Madrid)
Galería Artizar (La Laguna, Tenerife)
Galeria Balaguer (Barcelona)
Galería Benlliure (Valencia)
Galería Collage Habana (La Habana, Cuba)
Galería Del Cisne (Madrid)
Galería Kreisler (Madrid)
Galería Marc Calzada (Barcelona)
Galería Marita Segovia (Madrid)
Galeria Miquel Alzueta (Barcelona)
Galeria Trama (Barcelona)
Galería Vanguardia (Bilbao)
Galería Veintinueve 06/13 (Mallorca)
Galleria Unique (Turín, Italia)
Hispánica Contemporánea (Madrid-México)
Kaplanon Galleries (Atenas, Grecia)
Kir Royal gallery (Valencia)
Maksla XO (Riga, Letonia)
Materna y Herencia (Madrid)
Moleiro's Gallery (Cuba)
Montenegro (Vigo)
Moret Art (A Coruña)
Norty Mécénat (París,Francia)
Pep Llabrés Art Contemporani (Mallorca)
Schmalfuss Berlin (Berlín, Alemania)
Yiri Arts (Taipei, Taiwan)

 

ONE PROJECT
Alejandro Gallery (Barcelona)
Espacio Nuca (Santander)
Espacio Valverde (Madrid)
Galerie Voss (Düsseldorf, Alemania)
Mojácar Factory Art (Mojácar, Almería)
Ogami Press (Madrid)
Plom Gallery (Barcelona)
Sincresis (Empoli,Florencia, Italia)
 

From July 7 to 9, 2025, the Balsera Palace will host the First Course on Collecting and Contemporary Art, an intensive 15-hour program that will explore the complex and fundamental question of taste in contemporary art. Organized by the Nebrija Institute of Arts and Humanities at Nebrija University and the Avilés City Council, in collaboration with 9915 — Association of Private Collectors of Contemporary Art and the Institute of Contemporary Art, the course offers a unique opportunity for analysis and debate on the dynamics that shape aesthetic and symbolic value in today’s art scene.


First Course on Collecting and Contemporary Art. Avilés, Asturias


The notion of taste, intrinsically tied to aesthetic judgments and power relations, has played a decisive role in the historical prominence of artists and artworks. However, contemporary art—marked by its breaking of conventions, diversity of media and techniques, and critical stance toward traditional canons—raises fundamental questions about the continued relevance of this concept.

This course will explore how the decisions made by key players in the art system—institutions, private collections, galleries, curators, and artists—continually redefine a field of taste shaped by aesthetic, symbolic, cultural, social, and political logics.


"¿But does it exist, and what is the prevailing taste of our time—so seemingly confused, fragmented, indecipherable?" - Omar Calabrese, The Neo-Baroque Era.


The academic program, directed by José Luis Guijarro Alonso, Director of the Master’s in Art Market and Related Business Management at Nebrija University, and Pablo Álvarez de Toledo, Head of the Department of Arts at Nebrija University and the Nebrija Institute of Arts and Humanities, will bring together a distinguished group of national experts—including collectors, critics, curators, gallery owners, and artists—whose contributions will address key issues in shaping aesthetic, symbolic, and market value in today’s art world.


PROGRAM

MONDAY, JULY 7

9:30 AM Registration.

10:00 AM Course Opening Nebrija University Avilés City Council Presented by Rosario López Meras – President of the Association of Contemporary Art Collectors, 9915, and Adrián Piera – President of the ICA, Institute of Contemporary Art.

10:30 AM Course Presentation By José Luis Guijarro Alonso – Art Historian and Anthropologist, Researcher, and Director of the Master’s in Art Market and Related Business Management at Nebrija University.

11:00 AM Coffee Break.

11:30 AM Panel Discussion The Taste of Private Collecting as a Prelude to History. Speakers: Candela Álvarez Soldevilla – Entrepreneur and Collector; Javier Quilis – INELCOM Collection; José Miguel Vegas Valle – Collector. Moderator: Luis Feás – Critic and Curator.

1:00 PM Lunch Break.

3:30 PM Individual Lecture On Good Taste in Contemporary Art. Speaker: Marisol Salanova – Curator and Art Critic, Director of Arteinformado.

4:45 PM Panel Discussion The Influence of Galleries in Shaping Contemporary Taste. Speakers: Elba Benítez – Gallerist; Ricardo Pernas – Gallerist (Arniches 26); Aurora Vigil-Escalera – Gallerist. Moderator: Rafael Martín – Coleccion@casamer.

6:00 PM End of Day.

6:30 PM Activity and Cocktail Visit to the Exhibition Asturian Artists in the Pérez Simón Collection – Avilés.

TUESDAY, JULY 8

10:00 AM Individual Lecture Contemporary (Bad) Taste: Kitsch, Camp, and Tacky. Speaker: Julio Pérez Manzanares – Autonomous University of Madrid.

11:00 AM Coffee Break.

11:30 AM Panel Discussion Institutions and the Formation of Contemporary Taste. Speakers: Virginia López – Artist, Founder of PACA_Proyectos Artísticos Casa Antonino; Julieta de Haro – Artistic Director of CentroCentro; Carlos Urroz – Director of Institutional Relations, Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía. Moderator: Laura Gutiérrez – Director, School of Art of Oviedo.

1:00 PM Lunch Break.

3:30 PM Panel Discussion Beyond the Eye: The Taste for Ethical, Ecological, Social, or Political Concerns in Contemporary Art. Speakers: Semíramis González – Independent Curator; Eugenio Ampudia – Artist; Claudia Rodríguez-Ponga – Independent Curator. Moderator: Bárbara Mur Borrás – PhD in Fine Arts.

5:00 PM End of Day.

5:30 PM Activity Visit to the Studiolo Exhibition – Candela Álvarez Soldevilla Collection.

WEDNESDAY, JULY 9

9:30 AM Meeting with Asturian Artists Speakers: María Castellanos – Artist; Avelino Sala – Artist; Consuelo Vallina – Artist. Moderator: Pablo Álvarez de Toledo – Nebrija University.

11:00 AM Activity Visit to the Niemeyer Center – Avilés.

Course Closing Ceremony.





This course is designed for art professionals, collectors, researchers, and students seeking an in-depth analysis of the dynamics that shape taste and collecting practices in contemporary art. Adopting a critical and multidisciplinary perspective, it provides a unique opportunity to rigorously examine the aesthetic, symbolic, and structural factors that underpin the legitimization of contemporary art.