The Fair continues to attract top-tier international galleries and is increasing its support for innovation and research with the addition of new galleries at this year’s edition. The 39th edition of the Fair will see 210 galleries from 30 countries, of which 171 make up the General Programme. In addition to this, the curated sections will see: It’s Just a Matter of Time celebrating the work of Félix González-Torres and featuring a selection of 13 artists from 11 galleries; Dialogues, with 10 galleries, and Opening, with 21 galleries. To continue ARCO’s focus as a leading platform for the research, discovery and understanding of artists, 35% of galleries will present projects by individual artists or multiple artists in dialogue on their stands. For the first time, visitors will have the opportunity to take part in professional guided tours.
ARCOmadrid 2020, organised by IFEMA present its 39th edition from 26 February to 1 March. Under the new direction of Maribel Lopez, this year will see an increased support for innovation and research and will take It’s Just a Matter of Time as its central theme, analysing artistic practices through the work of Félix González-Torres. As a result of last year’s success and the growing strength of the Spanish art market, ARCOmadrid has seen a rise in gallery applications to the Fair this year as well as bolder exhibition project submissions. With a strong focus on high quality content, ARCOmadrid, is placing emphasis this year on artist participation, creating a prominent platform for artists as well as presenting talks, guided tours and further artist projects taking place across the city of Madrid.
Curated by Alejandro Cesarco, Mason Leaver-Yap and Manuel Segade and consisting of 13 artists from 11 international galleries It’s Just a Matter of Time is this year’s chosen theme. Running concurrently, as part of the Curated programme, ARCOmadrid will present, Dialogues, an exhibition featuring 10 galleries selected by Agustín Pérez Rubio and Lucía Sanromán, analysing contemporary creation by focusing on the dialogue of two creators, paying special attention to artistic practices of female Latin American artists and common links between artists from different generations. Once again, the Opening programme will be a place for discovering new initiatives at ARCOmadrid. The 21 galleries selected by Tiago de Abreu Pinto and Övül Ö. Durmusoglu, will represent works from the young and up-coming international art scene.
