Brazil is the guest of honor in Madrid

The 27th edition of Madrid International Contemporary Art Fair (27 Feria Internacional de Arte Contemporáneo) or ARCO, as it is best known, has Brazil as the guest of honor. ARCO is one of the largest contemporary art fairs in the world, with 295 international galleries from 34 countries. The organizers of ARCO directed their attention to Brazil because Brazil is one of the key emerging markets internationally, with one of the most exciting art scenes nowadays.

Brazil is going to be represented by 31 galleries and 128 artists exhibiting their paintings, sculptures, photographs and installations, and also performing in the new pavilion “Performing Arco”. The Brazilian performers will be Marcos Paulo Rolla, Franklin Cassaro and Cabelo. The artist Caetano Almeida from the gallery Luisa Strina was chosen to be part of “Solo Projects”, a section of ARCO with projects made by a single artist. Most of the “Solo Projects” were specifically created for the Fair and all of them were previously selected by an international committee. More than 40 artists were selected for the “Solo Projects”, from countries like the United Kingdom, France, Spain, the United States and Japan.

The art in ARCO is valued at 100 to 300,000 euros. In the section dedicated to video art and new technologies, “Expanded Box”, the most expensive piece of art is the installation “Infinito ao Cubo”, from the Brazilian Rejane Cantoni, which is valued at 120,000 euros! Do you have your checkbook ready?

ARCO will be open to public from Feb 15 – Feb 18, 2008. So, if your are close to Madrid, don’t miss the chance to check what is going on with contemporary art in Brazil and other countries!

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Images:
Wave Field, from Rui Toscano (Source: http://www1.folha.uol.com.br/folha/bbc/ult272u372016.shtml) TEPMOAH-1, from Lia Chaia (Source: http://www1.folha.uol.com.br/folha/ilustrada/ult90u371279.shtml Infinito ao Cubo, from Rejane Cantoni (Source: http://connectingurbanspaces.blogspot.com/2007/07/infinito-ao-cubo-rejane-cantoni-e.html)