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Activities during ARCO
Activities outside ARCO

During ARCO

ARCO Opening

On the first day of the fair, around 1,000 people attend the opening. National and foreign collectors, curators, directors of museums and institutions, other contemporary art professionals and potential buyers, are invited to this exclusive moment at ARCOmadrid and ARCOlisboa, hours before the official opening of the Fair.

“A” Awards for Collecting

Fundación ARCO presents the “A” Awards for Collecting at ARCOmadrid. This initiative, which aims to reward and stimulate collecting, recognises the work of national and international collectors since its creation in 1997.

First Collectors

During ARCOmadrid, the professional and independent advisory service in the purchase of First Collector art includes a visit plan and personalised advice according to the needs of those who are taking their first steps in collecting.

With the collaboration of the Banco Santander Foundation

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ARCOmadrid Forum

The ARCOmadrid Forum is a space for discussion of news on artistic creation and the art market that constitutes the meeting point of the international artistic community. An extensive programme of activities that includes a Forum on Collecting and talks with artists, where top professionals can exchange ideas and projects and interact with the participating galleries.

Foro ARCOmadrid

Espacio Fundación ARCO

ARCOmadrid makes available to the Amigos ARCO a rest and meeting area at the Fair promoted by Fundación ARCO, which hosts a thematic project with the collaboration of different studios in each edition. In addition, during the fair, it hosts different presentations of the new cultural projects of interest to Fundación ARCO’s public.

Outside ARCO

ARCO GalleryWalk

With the desire to bring the work of contemporary art galleries to the public, Fundación ARCO offers a series of tours of the galleries of different cities, both at the start of the art season and during the year. The tours take place in cities such as Madrid in January and September, Barcelona as part of Gallery Weekend Barcelona, Seville in October, Valencia during the Valencia Open, Mallorca in parallel with the Nit del Art and Lisbon. In addition, for the upcoming editions in September in Madrid, the organisation of the event will expand the public attendance capacity.

With ARCO GalleryWalk, Fundación ARCO helps those of the public interested in contemporary art to get a better idea of the work done between galleries and artists, the exhibitions in each space visited and first-hand knowledge of current art creation.

ARCO GalleryWalk 2022

Private visits

Between February and December, Fundación ARCO organises a series of private visits to exhibitions and centres in Madrid for the Amigos ARCO. Once a month these visits allow appreciation in private of the most important contemporary art exhibitions and activities in the city. The tour is organised according to the exhibition calendar of Madrid.

Free access to museums

With the Fundación Amigo ARCO card, you can access different contemporary art museums in Spain for free, such as the Reina Sofía National Museum in Madrid, MACBA in Barcelona, LaLaboral de Gijón, the CGAC in Santiago de Compostela, Guggenheim in Bilbao, ARTIUM or Es Baluard, among others.