Main Section Galleries › arteBA 2017

The 26th edition of arteBA will take place from May, Wednesday 24th to Saturday 27th at the Convention Center of La Rural (Palermo, Buenos Aires). After its 25th anniversary, arteBA has new proposals and will have in the Main Section 54 galleries of which 26 are foreign, 15 will participate as Special Projects Patio Bullrich and 16 will exhibit outstanding artists in their Cabinets AA2000.

MAIN SECTION

Established galleries chosen by an independent selection committee pursuant to review of their applications.

Main Section Selection Committee
Ana María Battistozzi (art critic and independent curator, Buenos Aires)
Orly Benzacar (president of Meridiano and director of Ruth Benzacar Galería de Arte, Buenos Aires)
Ignacio Liprandi (director of Ignacio Liprandi Arte Contemporáneo, Buenos Aires)
Eduardo Brandão (director of Vermelho, São Paulo)
Sabine Schmidt (director of PSM, Berlin)

SPECIAL PROJECTS PATIO BULLRICH

Some of the galleries in the Main Section participates with a special project with up to three artists, with emphasis on the curatorial. The Main Section Committee itself is responsible for the selection.

CABINET AA2000

Cabinet is a specific area within the galleries booths in the Main Section of the fair. In Cabinet AA2000, one or more works by a single artist are exhibited. The aim of the section is to show important, unique, or emblematic works by modern and contemporary artists. A consulting committee determines the selection.

Cabinet Consulting Committee
Ana María Batistozzi (art critic and independent curator, Buenos Aires)
José Luis Blondet (Curator of Special Projects at LACMA, Los Angeles)
Luiza Teixeira de Freitas (independent curator, Lisbon)

PARTICIPATING GALLERIES

* Special Project Patio Bullrich Category

Patio Bullrich has consolidated its standing as Buenos Aires’ most elegant luxury shopping center. With a proposition that spans several generations, it offers a differentiated buying experience that combines the most widely recognized national and international fashion brands with restaurants and cafés in an attractively renovated historic building.

Patio Bullrich is committed to culture and has accompanied arteBA for the past 9 years; for the third year it will support the Fair with Patio Bullrich Special Projects, situated within the Main Section.

arteBA Fundación