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As part of ARCO, El Apartamento gallery presents several Cuban artists whose works offer different perspectives on the social and political reality of the island. Among them are Juan Carlos Alom, Roberto Diago and Reynier Leyva Novo.

The furniture, design and art in Pedro Almodóvar's Bitter Christmas build interiors and define the characters (...) The work of Cuban artist Ariamna Contino introduces a silent and deeply hypnotic presence in the film.

Among several proposals, the Community of Madrid has awarded its ARCO 2026 prize to artists Los Bravú, Federico Miró and LUCE. The painting 'En la grieta brilla el deseo' (2025), from El Apartamento gallery, was the award-winning work of this duo of artists.



Arco shields itself against war
The Vanguard
The great meeting of Spanish art has another heartbeat, apparently oblivious to the sound of missiles in Iran and the Persian Gulf (...) This is Arco and in this 45th edition it is possible to find everything...

ARCO 2026: an anniversary and a vindication
Masdearte.com
The focus of the fair this time has not been a geography, but a concept, that of the future, diffuse by necessity and that will give rise to new debates: most of the galleries have opted for consolidated names and proposals, in general, solid.

New acquisitions and awards at ARCOmadrid 2026
RevistaDeArte.com
After its first two days dedicated exclusively to professionals, ARCOmadrid, which is celebrating its 45th edition until Sunday, March 8, has already registered important acquisitions. Among other award winners, the Community of Madrid has granted its ARCO 2026 award to artists Los Bravú, with the work «En la grieta brilla el deseo» (2025).

Améfrica. Diasporic connections in the Jorge M. Pérez Collection.
Andalusian Center of Contemporary Art
The exhibition brings together artists from different regions of the American and African continents through shared resonances and references, similar practices, mutual inspirations, research continuities and transmissions -both generational and ancestral- that connect, with a vitality that is sometimes visible and sometimes veiled, the shores of the Atlantic.

A World Far Away, Nearby and Invisible
Space 23
«A World Far Away, Nearby and Invisible» invites viewers on a journey through selected works from the Jorge M. Pérez Collection that explore and reimagine the complex, multifaceted idea of territory. The artists Ariamna Contino and Alex Hernandez, with their unique poetics of creation, are part of the roster.

José Manuel Mesías. Cintas Foundation Fellowship 2025
Informed Art
Artist José Manuel Mesías won the 2025 Cintas Foundation Visual Arts Fellowship Award. The award includes a monetary award and the possibility of a solo exhibition at the MDC Museum.

Arco shields itself against war
The Vanguard
The great meeting of Spanish art has another heartbeat, apparently oblivious to the sound of missiles in Iran and the Persian Gulf (...) This is Arco and in this 45th edition it is possible to find everything...

ARCO 2026: an anniversary and a vindication
Masdearte.com
The focus of the fair this time has not been a geography, but a concept, that of the future, diffuse by necessity and that will give rise to new debates: most of the galleries have opted for consolidated names and proposals, in general, solid.

New acquisitions and awards at ARCOmadrid 2026
RevistaDeArte.com
After its first two days dedicated exclusively to professionals, ARCOmadrid, which is celebrating its 45th edition until Sunday, March 8, has already registered important acquisitions. Among other award winners, the Community of Madrid has granted its ARCO 2026 award to artists Los Bravú, with the work «En la grieta brilla el deseo» (2025).

Améfrica. Diasporic connections in the Jorge M. Pérez Collection.
Andalusian Center of Contemporary Art
The exhibition brings together artists from different regions of the American and African continents through shared resonances and references, similar practices, mutual inspirations, research continuities and transmissions -both generational and ancestral- that connect, with a vitality that is sometimes visible and sometimes veiled, the shores of the Atlantic.

A World Far Away, Nearby and Invisible
Space 23
«A World Far Away, Nearby and Invisible» invites viewers on a journey through selected works from the Jorge M. Pérez Collection that explore and reimagine the complex, multifaceted idea of territory. The artists Ariamna Contino and Alex Hernandez, with their unique poetics of creation, are part of the roster.

José Manuel Mesías. Cintas Foundation Fellowship 2025
Informed Art
Artist José Manuel Mesías won the 2025 Cintas Foundation Visual Arts Fellowship Award. The award includes a monetary award and the possibility of a solo exhibition at the MDC Museum.




