ARCOmadrid announces the participating galleries in its 45th edition
ARCOmadrid will hold its 45th edition from 4 to 8 March 2026 reaffirming its position as one of the leading international events in contemporary art.
Organised by IFEMA MADRID, the fair will present a carefully curated selection of projects, consolidating its role as a benchmark platform for contemporary creation and as a meeting point between diverse artistic scenes and contexts, together with the voices that drive them.
The General Programme will comprise 170 stands, complemented by the curated sections: ARCO2045; Opening. New galleries and Profiles. Latin American Art, shaping a route that brings together proposals from 31 countries.
National representation this year stands at 34% of the offer, while the international segment reaches 66%. Of the latter, more than 30% corresponds to Latin American participation, with galleries from 11 countries and a special participation from Brazil and Argentina. As such, ARCOmadrid continues to project its unique position as a Latin American focal point in Europe.
The General Programme will highlight the solidity and diversity of the Spanish scene through the participation of galleries such as 1 Mira Madrid / 2 Mira Archiv, Alarcón Criado, ATM, Elba Benítez, Elvira González, Leandro Navarro, Nordés, Prats Nogueras Blanchard, ProjecteSD, T20 or Travesía Cuatro, among the projects from different parts of the country. Alongside these, Río & Meñaka and Memoria, which are making their debut at the fair in this edition, as well as Blue Velvet and Fermay, which join the programme after their participation in the section Opening. New galleries.
Among the international galleries, notable additions include Carlos/Ishikawa, Green Art, Lia Rumma, Loevenbruck and Zander, alongside others returning to the fair such as Casa Triângulo, Gregor Podnar and Luisa Strina. Bernier/Eliades, Casas Riegner, Dépendance, Massimo Minini and Francesca Minini, Plan B, Luciana Brito and Raquel Arnaud are also returning participants. And others that are once again placing their trust in us, such as Fortes D'aloia & Gabriel and Vistamare, as well as faithful galleries such as Esther Schipper, Jocelyn Wolff, Lelong, Meyer Riegger, neugerriemschneider, Ruth Benzacar, Peter Kilchmann, Thaddaeus Ropac or Thomas Schulte.
In parallel, ARCOmadrid will have three curated sections. ARCO2045 is introduced as a central theme and is articulated across two spaces within the fair, curated by José Luis Blondet and Magali Arriola, who will invite us to reflect on possible futures and tentative languages of art in order to envisage new horizons. This section will bring together galleries such as Commonwealth and Council with Patricia Fernández, François Ghebaly with Candice Lin and Pace Gallery with Paulina Olowska. They are joined by Capitain Petzel with Barbara Bloom, Carlier | Gebauer with Nicole Miller, CarrerasMugica with June Crespo and Mor Charpentier with Sylvie Selig, galleries that will also have a space in the General Programme.
Opening. New galleries will, once again, be a space at ARCOmadrid for discovering innovative works of art. The selection curated by Rafa Barber and Anissa Touati will represent a commitment to emerging national and international gallery practice through 18 stands, among them Callirrhoë, Og Gallery, Reservoir, Selebe Yoon and Villa Magdalena, which return to the programme, together with new additions such as 4710 Gallery, Ada Projects, Gratin, Linse, Method and Windows Project.
The section Profiles | Latin American Art will continue to highlight ARCOmadrid's historic relationship with the Latin American art scene. Curated by José Esparza Chong Cuy, it focuses on presenting a single artist in each proposal and will bring together 11 creators, including Gabriel Branco with Galatea, Harold Mendez with Patron Gallery and Commonwealth and Council, Paloma Contreras with Pequod Co., and Julia Gallo with Yehudi-Hollander Pappi. Alongside the galleries participating in ARCO for the first time, other long-standing participants also return, such as A Gentil Carioca with Kelton Campos, Embajada with Las Nietas de Nonó, Isla Flotante with Roberto Jacoby, and N.A.S.S.A.L. with Miguel Cintra Robles.
In addition to the exhibitions presented by various institutions across Madrid, ARCO will once again draw the attention of galleries, artists, collectors, curators and professionals from the sector, maintaining its status as an essential fixture on the international contemporary art calendar.
ARCOmadrid 2026 will be held from 4 to 8 March in halls 7 and 9 of the IFEMA MADRID exhibition centre, devoting the first three days exclusively to professionals, and from 3.00 pm on Friday 6 March, it will open its doors to the general public.