Feriarte 2025: Madrid’s Grand Encounter with Art and Antiques

From October 18 to 26, IFEMA Madrid once again became a living museum. During nine days, Feriarte 2025 brought together around seventy art dealers and galleries, reaffirming its role as Spain’s leading fair for fine art, antiques, and collecting.

In its 48th edition, the fair offered an encyclopedic journey through the history of art — from archaeology to contemporary creation — with painting taking a central role. Visitors could admire works by Murillo, Velázquez, Renoir, Picasso, Miró, Sorolla, and Botero, alongside Flemish masters, 20th-century innovators, and emerging artists of today.

A Journey Through Centuries of Art

New participants added fresh perspectives to the fair, among them internationally renowned galleries such as Caylus and Colnaghi, and a significant Portuguese presence. Their stands displayed exceptional pieces: Murillo’s Portrait of Archbishop Ambrosio de Spínola, an oil by Alonso Cano, a Renaissance Mass of St. Gregory by Fernando Gallego, and a still life by Arellano, among many others.

Spanish galleries also painted a vibrant panorama of the country’s artistic evolution. Luis Carvajal featured works by Rafael Zabaleta, Ramón Casas, and Esteban Vicente; Ruiz Linares presented a charcoal drawing by Manuel Ángeles Ortiz; and Marita Segovia traced a line from Van der Hamen and Zacarías González Velázquez to Manuel Rivera and Manolo Valdés.

David Cervelló assembled names such as Chagall, Botero, Rivera, Calder, and Valdés, while Juana Romero Contemporary Art (formerly Casa Zóbel) revisited the Spanish avant-garde with works by Tàpies, Zóbel, Canogar, Guerrero, and Saura.

Beyond Painting

Furniture and decorative arts also played a prominent role. Fuentenebro combined modern design classics — like pieces by Charles and Ray Eames — with archaeological finds, while Marita Segovia and Loval Antigüedades showcased European furniture, French tapestries, and Oriental art.

In sculpture, García Antigüedades presented a Virgin with Child (13th–14th century), and J. Bagot Ancient Art stood out with an Egyptian funerary wrapping and a Greek Aphrodite from the 3rd century BC.

Jewelry and books completed the picture: A. Iruretagoyena exhibited 19th-century gold and diamond pieces, while publisher M. Moleiro displayed rare manuscripts such as the Shahnameh of Ferdowsi and a 1692 French edition of Don Quixote.

Opening Art to New Collectors

As in previous editions, Feriarte included #YourArt – The Collector’s Gallery, a space dedicated to works priced under €5,000, encouraging newcomers to begin their own collections.

The fair also hosted the Feriarte Forum 2025, titled “1492 and Beyond: The Encounter that Redrew the World of Artistic Interculturalities,” organized in collaboration with the Rey Juan Carlos University, offering a thoughtful reflection on global artistic exchanges.

A Fair with Soul

Nearly fifty years after its debut, Feriarte remains Spain’s foremost meeting point for art and antiques, a place where past and present engage in dialogue.

More than a marketplace, it is an aesthetic and cultural experience, where each piece — from a Flemish panel to a modern sculpture — tells a story of craftsmanship, beauty, and time.