Apertura 2014
Madrid Gallery Weekend
September 11–13, 2014
From September 11 until 13, the city of Madrid becomes a large exhibition hall of contemporary art. The Madrid Gallery Weekend, Apertura 2014 is the event which marks the beginning of the year in September. Around 50 artists, 44 exhibitions and the most important cultural institutions, all together, celebrating a party which will open up the city to the contemporary art.
Apertura is an invitation to explore Madrid, and its districts, in a different way, and to discover the latest from the current creation. It is the weekend of the inauguration of more than 40 art galleries, all at once, extending their opening hours and planning special activities. In parallel, with the cooperation of institutions (Museo Reina Sofía, Museo Thyssen, Museo ABC, Fundación Telefónica, Fundación Mapfre, Fundación Lázaro Galdiano, CentroCentro, Centro de Arte Dos de Mayo, Conde Duque…), a wide activity programme is developed to bring the latest creations to the general public. Along with ARCOmadrid, Apertura is the great art event in the city.
Apertura offers an attractive schedule to continue attracting new collectors, experts and professionals from all over the world with the purpose of encouraging art collecting and turning the city into an international art market focus point.
Spanish art is discovered through new-generation artists, such as Moisés Mahiques, Abigail Lazkoz or Secundino Hernández, who live alongside acclaimed names, such as Dora García, Miquel Navarro, Ángel Vergara or Alfonso Albacete.
Apertura 2014 is also a tour through all disciplines, such as installation (Daniel Canogar), painting (Jorge Galindo), photography (Pablo Boneu), sculpture (Milena Muzquiz)…
Additionally, there is space for the international contemporary art within the showrooms of this particular “museum.” Prominent figures, such as Stephen Irwin, Claudia Wieser, Suda Yoshihiro, Fred Sandback, Maya Lin, B. Wurth, Stéphane Dafflon, Cristopher Knowles, or Manuel Caeiro, among other top names, are part of the Madrid galleries’ programme.
Among the activities developed during these days, we highlight the guided tours by experts through galleries, workshops for families—taught by educators and artists—or special visits to large museums guided by their directors or curators.
This wonderful contemporary art event is organized by the art gallery association Arte_Madrid, which was founded in the year 2000. Currently Arte_Madrid gathers 44 members. These galleries are located mainly in four central districts of the city: Barrio de Salamanca, Lavapiés, Barrio de las Letras and Las Salesas.
Madrid is also the capital of contemporary art in Spain. 50% of Spanish galleries belonging to the Spanish Consortium of Contemporary Art Galleries—the National Association Union—are based in the city. 44 spaces open to the best of contemporary art, besides the presence of top art centres, make Madrid a lively and exciting place to visit in September.
For more information:
Coordination and press: Cano Estudio
comunicacion [at] canoestudio.com / T +34 91 429 77 74 / M +34 646 006 330
List of participating galleries:
Alvaro Alcázar / Arnés & Röpke / Astarté / Bacelos /Bat – Alberto Cornejo / Benveniste Contemporary / Blanca Berlín / Blanca Soto Arte / Casado Santapau / Cayón / Elba Benítez / Elvira González / Espacio Valverde / F2 / Fernández-Braso / Fernando Pradilla / Formato Cómodo / Guillermo de Osma / Heinrich Ehrhardt / Helga de Alvear / Ivorypress / Javier López / Joan Gaspar / José de la Mano / Juana de Aizpuru / La Caja Negra / Leandro Navarro / Maisterravalbuena / Marlborough / Marta Cervera / Max Estrella / Michel Soskine, inc. / Moisés Pérez de Albéniz / N F Galería / NoguerasBlanchard / Oliva Arauna / Parra & Romero / Pilar Serra / Ponce + Robles / Rafael Pérez Hernando / Sabrina Amrani / The Goma / Travesía Cuatro / Utopia Parkway
