Notes related to Spain
ARCOmadrid - NEW FOCUS ON LATIN AMERICAN GALLERIES AND FEMALE ARTISTS
The fair will take place from July 7 to 11 with a special highlight on new protagonists. In addition to the General Program and the Opening Program, ARCO incorporates REMITENTE, a special Latin American art section and concentrates Artist Projects exclusively on women. In total, the fair will host 131 galleries, of which 54% are not Spanish.
MATADERO MADRID PRESENTS “AGAINST RACE” IN COLLABORATION WITH THE SHOWROOM
Guest Curator Elvira Dyangani Ose, Director of The Showroom (London), presents the project ‘Contra la raza’ [Against Race] at Matadero Madrid within the framework of PHotoESPAÑA 2021. This multidisciplinary initiative incorporates a video-based installation and live programme focusing on futuristic imaginaries expressed through poetics of the Black experience that generate new forms of global and egalitarian humanism.
LA CASA ENCENDIDA PRESENTS “A VEGETAL ENCOUNTER”, CONTEMPORARY ART AND THOUGHT
La Casa Encendida (Madrid) and Wellcome Collection (London) present Un Encuentro Vegetal (A Vegetal Encounter), an exhibition that explores our symbiotic relationship with plants as shown through the work of Patricia Domínguez (1984, Santiago de Chile), Ingela Ihrman (1985, Kalmar, Sweden) and Eduardo Navarro (1979, Buenos Aires). Conceived as a dialogue, it shows the Works of these three artists as they deconstruct the omnipresent artificial wall there is between human beings and nature, the wall that is devastating our ecosystems, our life and our health. Curated by Bárbara Rodríguez Muñoz.
IN REAL TIME. THE RAFAEL TOUS COLLECTION OF CONCEPTUAL ART
The Rafael Tous Collection, donated to MACBA (Museu d'Art Contemporani de Barcelona) just one year ago, is the portrait of a moment and specific artistic practices. A passionate collector linked to the textile world, Rafael Tous opted for conceptual art as a set of plural practices that prioritized the idea and the process over the object. Without speculative intention and in an intuitive way, Tous set up a collection that brings together the attitudes and experimental works of a group of artists with whom, in many cases, he established bonds of friendship, in addition to accompanying them in their artistic growth. Exhibition curated by: Antònia Maria Perelló, curator and head of the MACBA Collection, and Claudia Segura, curator of exhibitions and Collection.
MADRID - “CURATOR WANTED”
This is a call for young curators residing in the Community of Madrid, organized by Sala de Arte Joven. The initiative awards curatorial projects and its main objective is to highlight an overview of current artistic creation to professionals in the sector and the general public. Applications can be submitted until June 11, 2021.
NUDO NIDO – MADRILENIAN EXHIBITION AND LATIN AMERICAN MEETING POINT
The Sala de Arte Joven presents the exhibition “Nudo Nido” (Knot Nest), one of the winning projects of the XII edition of the Curator Wanted open call, which seeks new curatorial formats, facilitating access to the professional world of young curators.
BETWEEN MEXICO AND SPAIN IN THE MIDST OF THE PANDEMIC | INTERVIEW WITH SILVIA ORTIZ
In the midst of the health and economic crisis that has hit the world and the art industry, Silvia Ortiz opens her gallery to us to talk about the work of Travesía Cuatro during the pandemic, the new ways of conceiving the gallery as a result of it, her vision of collecting in Spain and Latin America, and the possibilities that the historic moment that we have had to experience offers a space like this one.
