ARCOmadrid 2026 Awards
ARCOmadrid maintains its commitment to collecting, the promotion of artists and the desire to foster contacts that will boost purchases at the Fair. On the occasion of ARCO, national and international private companies join in the initiatives to promote acquisitions and the recognition of artistic creation through the awarding of different prizes. Some are aimed at the production of works that can later be seen at the Fair; others reward some of the works exhibited by the galleries at ARCOmadrid. All of them recognise and promote artistic creation, sometimes linked to aspects related to the brands that promote them.
Download the legal terms and conditions of the design contest for the FORMULA 1 TAG HEUER SPANISH GRAND PRIX 2026 trophy, promoted by IFEMA MADRID.
In 1992, ENATE began a contemporary art collection featuring works by national and international artists. Since then, each wine produced by the brand has been associated with a renowned artist, with an artwork created specifically for the winery appearing on the label. For this reason, ENATE’s commitment to contemporary art led this renowned Somontano winery to join ARCOmadrid 2026.
Thus, ENATE will award, through an acquisition valued at €10,000, a work exhibited at ARCOmadrid 2026, which will become part of the ENATE Collection, in recognition of the artist’s work.
In its twelfth edition, the Opening. New galleries Award will be granted by ARCO, once again recognizing the best stand in this section at ARCOmadrid 2026. The award will be decided by a jury of experts composed of Laura Hakel, curator at the Fundación Arma Amoedo; Rebecca Lamarche Vadel, writer and curator; Ibrahim Nehme, director of the Lebanon Kunsthalle; and Bárbara Rodríguez Muñoz, director of Centro Botín.
At ARCOmadrid 2026, designer Catalina D’Anglade will award the 9th Catalina D’Anglade Art Award. The prize will be presented at a ceremony to be held on Wednesday, March 4, at 5:30 pm at the stand of the winning gallery.
In previous editions, this award has been granted to Álvaro Urbano (1983) for his work VEINS (Travesía Cuatro gallery), Susana Solano (2024), Ester Partegàs (2023), June Crespo (2022), Daniel Steegmann Mangrané (2020), Luis Gordillo (2019), Secundino Hernández (2018), and Fernanda Fragateiro (2017).
Lexus’s participation as the official vehicle and mobility solutions provider for ARCOmadrid 2026 forms part of the brand’s initiatives in support of art and contemporary creation.
For the sixth consecutive year, Lexus will participate as patron of the Lexus Award for Best Stand at ARCOmadrid 2026. A professional jury will select the winner of the award in this edition of the fair.
At ARCOmadrid 2026, the Juana de Aizpuru Award returns for its second edition. In recognition of a longstanding relationship with ARCO and a sustained commitment to the fair over the years, ARCO will grant the 2nd Juana de Aizpuru Award to one of the galleries participating in the fair. The award will be presented at a ceremony to be held on Friday, March 6, at 1:30 pm at the stand of the winning gallery.
At ARCOmadrid 2025, the award was granted to Krinzinger Gallery in recognition of its long-standing support of the fair.
The ART Situacions Pilar Forcada Award returns to ARCOmadrid 2026. This year, a jury composed of professionals from the sector will select the winning artist, to be announced on Thursday, March 5, at 5:00 pm at the stand of the selected gallery.
Between 2017 and 2022, ART Situacions presented the Annual ART Situacions Award at ARCOmadrid to recognize the best emerging artwork at the fair. The recipients during those editions were: Antonio Ballester Moreno (2017), Carlos Irijalba (2018), Patricia Gómez and María Jesús González (2019), Asunción Molinos Gordo (2020), and Irma Álvarez-Laviada (2022). In 2025, the award was reinstated and consolidated under the name Pilar Forcada ART Situacions Award, in memory of the founder and director of ART Situacions, the driving force behind the project.
At ARCOmadrid 2025, the award granted €15,000 to artist Lara Fluxà (Bombon Projects gallery). As in all previous editions, the winning work will be incorporated into the ART Situacions collection.
Within the framework of its founding objective to promote Catalan contemporary art, the Fundació Vila Casas has expanded its presence across the territory and, for the first time, participated in one of the most visible showcases in Spain: the ARCOmadrid art fair.
At ARCOmadrid 2026, the Antoni Vila Casas Award will once again be presented at a ceremony to be held on Thursday the 5th at 6:30 pm at the Vila Casas stand.
In line with its core principles, the Fundació Vila Casas was pleased to announce the Antoni Vila Casas Award at ARCOmadrid 2025, an acquisition prize accompanied by an exhibition of the winning artist, Lúa Coderch (Àngels Barcelona gallery), at the Museu Can Framis.
Founded in 1986 by pharmaceutical entrepreneur and collector Antoni Vila Casas, the Fundació Vila Casas is a private, non-profit institution committed to the promotion and dissemination of Catalan contemporary art, as well as to fostering public awareness in the field of health. Through its four exhibition spaces, located in Barcelona, Torroella de Montgrí, and Palafrugell, the Foundation works to give visibility to artists from the region, both through its permanent collection and the organization of temporary exhibitions. In addition, through its external outreach programme Punts de Fuga, the Foundation promotes the talent of artists from its collection by organizing exhibitions at leading national and international institutions.