BARCELONA.- From 10th to 13th October,
Barcelona Gallery Weekend will celebrate its fifth edition, establishing itself as an important date in the calendar of international events in the art world. 27 galleries, more than 50 artists and the most representative art spaces of Barcelona and its surroundings will come together to give visibility to the exhibition season, organised by Art Barcelona (Abe), Association of Contemporary Art Galleries who have 30 years of experience in the sector.
For the fifth consecutive year, Barcelona Gallery Weekend will celebrate the exhibition season in and around Barcelona. The event, which promises to celebrate the rich and varied cultural fabric of Barcelona, will highlight the importance of contemporary art through the discovery of new artistic proposals, dissemination of information, supporting and enhancing the visibility of institutions in this extensive programme of 27 galleries holding exhibitions with their most prominent artists.
More than 50 national and international artists will give rise to a multicultural event in which the representation of foreign countries such as the United Kingdom, Italy, Ukraine, Chile, Sweden, Turkey, Portugal and Argentina, among others, will stand out. Established artists of the previous decades together with emerging artists of the energetic Barcelona art scene will take part in a programme that contemplates all disciplines, from painting to sculpture, installation, performance and photography, and will offer works from the historical avant-garde to the latest trends in contemporary art.
With four editions behind it, the fifth edition aims to give visibility to the role of galleries as promoters of contemporary cultural heritage through its twofold programme: the professional programme aimed mainly at collectors, art critics and representatives of both local and international institutions, and the public programme aimed at all people of Barcelona and its surroundings.
A defining sign that this is a lively, dynamic and constantly developing market is the fact that new galleries that have recently opened their doors are taking part in the 5th edition of the Barcelona Gallery Weekend. Cases such as Alalimón, Dilalica or the Valencian Espai Tactel, which has inaugurated its Barcelona headquarters in Gràcia under the name Espai Tactel Toormix, join Bombon Projects and Arte Aurora, both established in the last three years.
In addition, artists from Art Barcelona galleries will participate in the 58th Venice Biennale 2019, such as Itziar Okariz - represented by etHALL - who will represent Spain together with Sergio Prego (a project curated by Peio Aguirre), and the artists representing Catalonia with an Artist's Book as part of the exhibition "Catalonia in Venice_To Lose Your Head (Idols)": Perejaume - represented by Nogueras Blanchard and Joan Prats, Lúa Coderch and Daniela Ortiz, represented by àngels barcelona, Lasurt - represented by Joan Prats.
This year's participating artists include well-known names on the international scene such as the Italian Riccardo Licata, painter, engraver, mosaicist, sculptor and designer deeply influenced by music; the British Emma Kay, known for working with subjectivity and memory and for being the first artist to design the cover of the London Underground Map or the American Alex Katz, considered one of the forerunners of Pop Art.
We will also have important names from the national scene such as Antoni Tàpies, one of the world's leading exponents of informalism; Gerard Mas, a sculptor who starts from the classical but gives his characters grotesque attitudes; Antonio Saura, representative of Spanish abstract expressionism; Eduardo Chillida, a sculptor and engraver known for his works in iron and concrete; or Magda Bolumar, a plastic artist linked to the artistic avant-garde of the central decades of the 20th century.
Emerging artists will also have their place in the artistic programme of the Barcelona Gallery Weekend with a national and international line-up such as Barcelona's Josep Maynou, a multidisciplinary creator who expands his horizons towards performative territories, textile work, drawing and installations that bring together popular consumer objects; the visual artistic duo of Puerto Rico and South Africa Christto & Andrew; the Santander painter Vicky Uslé, explorer of the poetic potential of abstraction or the Argentine Joaquín Lalanne, surrealist painter with allusions to Chirico, the Baroque, Pop, Street Art and the vindication of art as a space of freedom.
27 GALLERIES
These are the galleries that will participate in the Barcelona Gallery Weekend 2019 programme: 3 Punts Galeria, ADN Galería, Alalimón, Àmbit Galeria d’Art, Ana Mas Projects, àngels barcelona, Arte Aurora, Artur Ramon Art, Bombon Projects, Die Ecke arte contemporáneo, Dilalica, Espai Tactel Toormix, etHALL, Galería Carles Taché, Galeria Contrast, Galeria Joan Prats, Galeria Marc Domènech, Galeria Toni Tàpies, L&B Gallery, Mayoral, Nogueras Blanchard, Palmadotze Galeria d’art, Pigment Gallery, RocioSantaCruz, Sala Parés, Víctor Lope Arte Contemporáneo and Galería Zielinsky.
MORE THEN 50 ARTISTS
These are the artists who will participate in the next edition of Barcelona Gallery Weekend: Alex Katz, Anna Ill, Antonio Saura, Antoni Tàpies, Christto & Andrew, Cynthia Fusillo, Diogo Pimentão, Dirk Salz, Eduardo Chillida, Emma Kay, Francisca Benítez, Francisco Suárez, Gerard Mas, Gonzalo Sicre, Gustavo Pérez, Irma Álvarez-Laviada, Itziar Okariz, Jaime Pitarch, Jordi Mitjà, Joaquín Lalanne, José Luis Paz Fo, Josep Guinovart, Josep Maynou, Juan Uslé, Lindsay Howard, Luis Coquenão, Luis Feito, Luis Úrculo, Magda Bolumar, Manolo Millares, Maria Pratts, Marta Fàbregas, Meta Isæus-Berlin, Nazif Topçuoglu, Núria Rion, Oksana Mas, Patricia Betancur, Patrik Grijalvo, Pere Gastó, Rafael Canogar, Rafols Casamada, Raphaël Barontini, Riccardo Licata, Rocío Verdejo, Shona Kitchen, Vanesa Muñoz, Vicky Uslé and more to be annouced soon.
