Pavilion 5 of the exhibition center IFEMA MADRID will host the 32nd edition (October 17 to 20) of Estampa, a true classic, with the participation of nearly 100 contemporary art galleries and nearly a thousand national and international artists. The great autumn event of the art market in Spain, a reference for gallerism and collecting in our country, has on this occasion the intervention of Alberto García-Alix as a guest artist.
Estampa adapts to the evolution of the new demands and conditions of the national market, represented by the main Spanish galleries, incorporating up to twenty new projects created in recent years, as an example of trends and creation, of the arrival of new collectors.
The General Program has, therefore, the main galleries in the country (plus international additions), among which references stand out such as, among others, Helga de Alvear, Fernando Pradilla, Max Estrella, Rafael Pérez Hernando or Moisés Pérez de Albéniz ( Madrid); Cayón (Madrid/Menorca/Manila); Mayoral and PalmaDotze (Barcelona), Leyendecker (Tenerife), ArtNueve and T20 (Murcia), Siboney (Santander); Juan Silió (Madrid/ Santander) and Isabel Hurley (Málaga). A roster reinforced with ‘latest generation’ galleries such as Yusto/Giner (Madrid/Marbella), VETA, Enhorabuena Espacio and WeCollect (Madrid), Berlin Gallery (Seville), Artizar (Tenerife), Lariot Collective (London), Untitled Art Contemporani (Andorra), and Victor Lope and 3 Punts (Barcelona).
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As for galleries dedicated to photography, the public will be able to see the offerings of Blanca Berlin (Madrid), Valid Foto (Barcelona) or Spazio Nuovo (Rome). Lorena Martínez de Corral is the curator of a section attended by Ponce + Robles, F2 Galería, The Ryder Projects (Madrid) and Twin Gallery (Madrid) and Rocío Santa Cruz (Barcelona), who propose recoveries and new ways of looking at our paint.
Alberto García-Alix will present, as a guest artist, a series of photographs created especially for the occasion. A real opportunity to enjoy the work of one of the best portraitists on the Spanish and international artistic scene, characterized by a combination of rawness and elegance, based on his life experiences (his photographs marked a generation, that of the Movida Madrileña of the 80s ). On Sunday, October 20 at 12:00 p.m. At the Lázaro Galdiano Museum in Madrid, the conference ‘Absence as a stimulus’ given by the artist himself will be held.
Activities and prizes
As in other meetings, the exhibition area is reinforced with the program of activities, as in the case of a series of conferences titled ‘America round trip’, in which the writers Carlos Granés and Enrique Andrés Ruiz will respectively moderate two tables in the Intellectuals and writers such as Sergio Ramírez, 2017 Cervantes Prize winner, or figures as influential as Pilar Reyes, editorial director of Penguin Random House, will participate. Regarding the exhibition ‘Crossing glances’. will show selected works by Lorena Martínez de Corral from the Otazu Collection, Brillembourg Collection, 360 Degrees Collection, Collegium Collection, Ana Helena and Eduardo Pires Collection and Franz Ruz Collection, all of them belonging to Latin American citizens residing in Spain.
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In the case of the Colecciona Forums, the artist Teresa Gancedo and the director of the Tàpies Foundation, Imma Prieto, will have an enriching conversation around the rescue of the feminine factor of post-war surrealism. In addition, the collector Emilio Bordoli will present his book ‘Emilio Bordoli. Life of a collector’ with Eva Ruiz, responsible for the international collectors program at Estampa, which includes, as in other editions, guided tours, such as those planned at the Banco Santander Foundation or at the Thyssen Museum.
In the distinctions and recognitions section, the fair will include acquisition awards, training scholarships and artistic residencies such as, among others, the Comunidad de Madrid/Estampa Collection awards, Studiolo Collection, Navacerrada Collection, Campocerrado Foundation Award and Residency, Kells Collection, Aldebarán Collection, Abadía Retuerta Collection, La Escalera, Palibex Collection by collector Jaime Colsa, Alhambra and Award for Best Estampa Stand 2024. A great opportunity to recognize all those involved in artistic activity, contemporary art version.
Useful data
-Place: Pavilion 5 of IFEMA MADRID
-Dates: Thursday, October 17 to Sunday, October 20
-Input: Consult web
-More information: www.ifema.es/estampa
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