Teresa Búa. Courtesy of the artist.

INTERCESSIONS. PERFORMANCE CYCLE X TARA FOR WOMEN

Art Madrid celebrates its 19th edition from March 6 to 10, 2024 at the Galería de Cristal of the Palacio de Cibeles. During the Art Week, Art Madrid becomes an exhibition platform for national and international galleries and artists. With the intention of creating a space of expression for emerging artists, our fair has joined forces with the Tara For Women Foundation, which, in its mission to empower and strengthen talented women, becomes a collaborator of Art Madrid's renewed Parallel Program with the Performance Cycle: Intercessions X Tara For Women.

PERFORMANCE: MOTHERHOOD 4. BREASTFEEDING. TERESA BÚA

Friday - March 8 - 17:00 - Galería de Cristal of the Palacio de Cibeles.

Motherhood, like menstruation, has a different time than patriarchal capitalism. Life goes by very fast and our professional goals are a priority today. Motherhood is placed on a countdown in relation to our careers. When can I afford to stop? Can I really afford to stop?

I have stopped.

Teresa Búa has begun the journey of the great pause, motherhood. The obsession with numbers: minutes, hours, days, nights, months, years... milliliters.

The breastfeeding mother shows in this piece the juxtaposition between chaos and tenderness, pause and absolute productivity, external noise and the search for inner peace, how to do and what to do...

Motherhood 4. Breastfeeding. Documentation. 2024.

This work invites us to witness the beauty of the maternal experience as a source of creativity in the intercession of life and production as interconnected forces in the human experience.

In this piece, Teresa Búa presents numerical poetry as a self-affirmation of the state of being.

ABOUT THE ARTIST

TERESA BÚA. Muxía, A Coruña, 1991

Teresa Búa studied Fine Arts in London, Pontevedra and Valencia. She specializes in contemporary art and fashion at UVigo, combining fine arts, fashion design and craftsmanship in her artistic projects. Her work, presented in national and international exhibitions, focuses on self-awareness, Galicia's cultural heritage and digital fashion. The performance "Maternidad 4. Breastfeeding" addresses motherhood as a creative experience and reflects on the differentiated time of maternal life in contrast to the demands of patriarchal capitalism.

ART MADRID’ 26: 21 YEARS OF CONTEMPORARY ART

Discover all the information about the artists and galleries participating in the 21st edition of Art Madrid. The catalog features a curated selection of the works presented in this edition, along with the most relevant details of the event, making it an essential tool for engaging with the fair’s key figures and exploring the defining elements of today’s art scene.

In 2026, Art Madrid celebrates its 21st edition, further establishing itself as a leading event within Spain’s cultural sector. From March 4 to 8, the Galería de Cristal of the Palacio de Cibeles will once again become a meeting point for galleries, collectors, artists, and contemporary art enthusiasts.

Over the past twenty-one years, the fair has evolved into a dynamic and ever-expanding platform, fostering diversity in artistic languages, techniques, and discourses. In this edition, the Galleries Program brings together around 35 exhibitors from more than seven countries, offering a representative overview of the most recent developments in contemporary creation.

The Art Madrid ’26 catalog serves as a key publication for discovering the work of this edition’s galleries and artists —marked by experimentation and a plurality of perspectives— while also documenting the conceptual axes that shape the fair. As part of the Parallel Program, INHABITING THE EPHEMERAL: A Reflection on the “Species” of Spaces proposes a reflection on space, relationships, and shared experience, expanding the understanding of the fair beyond its commercial dimension and highlighting its cultural and experiential significance.

In addition, the catalog presents the initiatives that complete the program, such as the Open Booth dedicated to emerging creation, the Nebrija Space in collaboration with Nebrija University, the Performance Series “Open Infinite. What the Body Remembers,” the One Shot Collectors Program, and the Patronage Program, reaffirming the fair’s commitment to supporting, mediating, and accompanying contemporary art at every stage.

We invite you to discover more about Art Madrid ’26 through the catalog of its 21st edition — a publication that, beyond serving as documentary memory, becomes a cartography of the present artistic moment and an open door to new ways of inhabiting contemporary art.