Objective: ARCO
The greatest contemporary art appointment will soon be opening its doors and we already have some details on its next edition which is taking place in Madrid from 22th – 26th of february.
Gallery
Alexander and Bonin
Gallery
Chantal Croussel
ARCO is one of the most important Contemporary Art Fairs worldwide. Each year it concentrates the work of up to 300 international galleries and a special section in which a different country approaches a representation of its more representative artistic production.
Argentina will be the guest country of the 2017 edition. The event will bring together 199 galleries, of which 160 are included in the General Programme, in addition to the curated selections: ´Argentina Plataforma ARCO´, with a selection of 12 galleries; ´Dialogues´, with 10 and ´Opening´, with 17.
Participants at the next edition include galleries such as Alexander and Bonin; Chantal Crousel; Fortes Vilaça; Jan Mot/Sprueth Magers; Lisson Gallery y Team Gallery, as well as other important entities that maintain their interest in the Fair, such as Carlier Gebauer; Esther Shipper; Jocelyn Wolff and Kow, and some new incorporations that include Dvir; Jablonka Maruani Mercier Gallery; Labor; Michel Rein; Nara Roesler; Supportico Lopez; Tanya Bonakdar.
Henri Chopin
Anna Oppermann
Gallery
Chantal Croussel
As for participating artists, there will be individual works as well as intergenerational dialogues, ranging from young artists like Elena Alonso and Fito Conesa,to benchmark artists from our present time such as Anna Oppermann; Henri Chopin; Mihai Olos or Robert Breer.
The VIP Lounge will be a space created by Madrid architect Patricia Reznak and ‘Briales del Amo Arquitectos’, after winning the V Ideas Competition for the design of this lounge, organised by AD magazine and the Contemporary Art Fair ARCO. The objective was to create a space that could represented the fair’s philosophy, innovation, quality and contemporariness, and at the same time serve as an area to rest, meet and interact.
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