Event Details

ARCOmadrid, organised by IFEMA MADRID, holds its 43rd edition from 6 to 10 March. The exhibitions will showcase the current international art scene in a broad dialogue with Spanish art. Five days of discovery and exploration with the presence of new international galleries that confirm ARCOmadrid’s role as a benchmark for exploring the work of artists and giving them visibility, fostering an active market and promoting knowledge of art.
ARCO, together with the city of Madrid, will bring together galleries, artists, collectors, curators and other professionals, institutions, museums and art centres from all over the world, offering visitors a unique experience. A total of 205 galleries from 36 countries will convert Madrid into the international capital of contemporary art. 
Alongside the General Programme, ARCOmadrid will showcase three curated sections. 
Firstly the shore, the tide, the current: an oceanic Caribbean constitutes this year`s research subject in a section curated by Carla Acevedo-Yates and Sara Hermann Morera. Through a careful selection of artists and galleries, this segment proposes a reading of the complex intersection between land and this sea that emerges from and towards the shore as a space of exchange and constant instability “intervening in the discomfort of placing oneself between the liquid and the solid", as the curators have point out.
Opening. New galleries will, once again, be a space at ARCOmadrid for discovering new works of art. Cristina Anglada’s and Yina Jiménez Suriel selection represents the commitment of young international galleries with the participation of 15 galleries which are taking part for the first time.
The section Never the Same. Latin American Art contributes to strengthening the study of Latin American creation and its relationship with all the agents present at the fair. Curated by José Esparza Chong Cuy and Manuela Moscoso, it comprises a selection of Latin America artists from 12 galleries.
Collectors and special guests
ARCOmadrid is launching several initiatives to promote collecting. First Collectors by Fundación Banco Santander, the now renowned free art consultancy service for first-time buyers at the fair, has helped over 700 people since it began 14 years ago. The Young Collectors programme, which brings together more than fifty young international collectors is another highlight. All this is in addition to the already established International Buyers’ Programme and the Special Guests’ Programme, attracting around 400 collectors and 200 professionals from some 40 countries to Madrid.