Art Madrid'24 – Wyeth great retrospective at Thyssen Museum Madrid

 

 

The exhibition "Wyeth: Andrew and Jamie in the study" offers up to 19 June the first retrospective in Europe of Andrew Wyeth (1917-2009) and his son Jamie (1946), The most prominent names of twentieth century American realism.

 

 

Friends, furniture, pets ... every object and human or animal being that surrounded the Wyeth family was likely to Become a beautiful work of art. The creative capacity of father and son did fed back, and they served each other as incentive and challenge, seeking to Provide to every art piece of a unique aura, a special light, a Certain sensitive shaking. The exhibition, curated by Timothy J. Standring (from the Gates Foundation at the Denver Art Museum) shows 60 works of all periods of Their careers, enabling us to enjoy some of His Most Important works.

 

 

After the death of Patriarch Wyeth, Jamie got the Responsibility of perpetuating the realistic American painting, a painting embodied lifestyles, architecture, landscapes of Pennsylvania, friends and neighbors in His hometown of Chadds Ford. Among These neighbors, the history of art wanted to highlight one, Christina Olson, the neighbour WHO contemplates the landscape sitting in the window in a game of overwhelming chiaroscuro, the same young man Who in another painting, "Christina's World", hanging at MOMA, is incorporated in the countryside looking mysteriously to the horizon with an almost magical quality.

 

 

Thanks to generous donations from the private collections of Andrew and Betsy Wyeth we can now approach to universe of Middle America and to the unique touch of a family. In parallel to the sample, Thyssen musuem displays a photo exhibition, "The Secret Sits. (Wyeth Wonderland)," by the photographer Joséphine Douet, Who has toured the stages and scenarios of life of Wyeth to Understand and share Their sources of inspiration.

 


 

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