Colombia is the guest country of honour at ARCOmadrid 2015, which will be held from February 25 to March 1. For this reason, the Government of Colombia has prepared the ArcoColombia project, an extensive exhibitions and activities program, which will constitute a cultural landing in Madrid and will announce the development of the contemporary Colombian art.
ArcoColombia starts on February 19 and extends its activities until April. It is a total of 50 acts, including 20 exhibitions covering more than four generations of Colombian artists in museums and art centers in the capital.
The program is divided into two sections: Focus Colombia y Colombia en Madrid. Focus Colombia is coordinated by Colombian curators María Wills Londoño and Jaime Ceron Silva who include exhibitions of artists with renowned professional career such as Antonio Caro, José Antonio Suárez, Miguel Angel Rojas and Oscar Muñoz and emerging artists like Carlos Bonil, Felipe Arturo, Adrián Gaitán, Milena Bonilla and Adriana Salazar.
Colombia in Madrid is an initiative of the Colombia Embassy to Spain in which exhibitions of prominent artists within the Colombian contemporary art bring together. They include Doris Salcedo, Oscar Murillo and María José Arjona. Also, the La Lechuga exhibition, Custodia de la Iglesia de San Ignacio (collection of the Bank of the Republic of Colombia) and the work has been invited to the Prado Museum.
To facilitate visits to exhibitions, between February 23 and March 10, the Embassy of Colombia to Spain will offer a free bus service that will tour museums and art centers hosting Colombian the art exhibitions program each day.
ArcoColombia | Madrid 2015
Desnaturalización
Adrian Gaitan and Carlos Bonil
February 19 - March 15 | Casa Museo Lope de Vega House-Museum
Muestrario
José Antonio Suárez Londoño
February 20 - April 5 | La Casa Encendida Gallery
Acorazado patacon
Various artists
February 20 - April 12 | Tabacalera Promoción del Arte
Todo esta muy caro: declaraciones de mercado
An exhibition of Antonio Caro (Colombia) and intervention of Ángela Cuadra (Spain)
Antonio Caro
February 21 - April 12 | Espacio Trapézio
De marcha ¿una rumba? No, solo un desfile con ética o estética
Oscar Murillo
February 24 - March 20 | Centro Cultural Daoiz y Velarde
Frente al otro: dibujos en el postconflicto
Varios artistas
February 24 - March 31 | Casa de America
6 projections. Selección de videos de artistas colombianos
Art Collection of the Bank of the Republic, varios artistas
February 24 - March 31 | Casa de America
Autorretrato disfrazado de artist: arte conceptual y fotografia en Colombia en los años 70
Various artists
February 24 - March 24 | Instituto Cervantes
Doris Salcedo
Art Collection of the Bank of the Republic - Colombia
February 24 - May 24 | Thyssen-Bornemisza
Unas de cal, otras de arena
Miguel Ángel Rojas
February 25 - April 5 | National Museum of Decorative Arts
Tejedores de agua: el río en la cultura visual y material contemporánea en Colombia (Waterweavers)
Organized by BardGraduate Center Gallery, New York. Various artists.
February 25 - April 12 | Conde Duque
Felipe Arturo
February 26 - May 31 | CentroCentro Cibeles on Culture and Citizenship
Atramentos
Oscar Muñoz
February 27 - April 12 | Tabacalera Promoción del Arte
Construcción de un tiempo (performance)
Maria José Arjona
February 27 and 28 | Caixa Forum
Naturaleza Nominal
Adriana Salazar, Milena Bonilla, Alberto Baraya, Carlos Bonily Luisa Ungar
28 February- April 26 | CA2M Centro de Arte Dos de Mayo
Agente Triple (proyecciones)
Luis Ospina
February 26-27 and March 2, 3 7:00 pm local time| Centro de Arte Reina Sofía National Museum
El Ranchito
FLORA ars+natura residence. Matadero Madrid-AECID – Colombia, guest country
Catalina Jaramillo Quijano, Liliana Angulo, Ana María Millán and Jhon Mario Ortiz
February 28 - March 28 | Matadero Madrid
Lecture-performance
Milena Bonilla and Luisa Ungar
March 5 | Dos de Mayo Art Center CA2M
The invited work to the Museo del Prado
March 3 - May 31 | Museo del Prado
ArcoColombia is a project of the Government of Colombia through the Ministry of Culture in Colombia, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Colombia and Embassy of Colombia to Spain, in partnership with the Chamber of Commerce in Bogotá, through its program ARTBO - international art fair in Bogotá –with the official sponsorship of Telefónica and DHL; and public and private entities.
See more details in: www.arcocolombia2015.com
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