The Dialogues programme will have 13 galleries selected by Agustin Pérez Rubio – the co-curator of the Berlin Biennial – and Catalina Lozano – associate curator of the Museo Jumex and an independent researcher – whose stands will generate an intergenerational dialogue between artists from different geopolitical contexts. The space will host the work of galleries artists such as Luisa Strina (Anna Maria Maiolino and Magdalena Jitrik), DVIR (Jonathan Monk and Naama Tsabar), Patricia Ready (Cecilia Vicuña and Voluspa Jarpa), PPOW (Carlos Motta and David Wojnarowicz) and Ultraviolet Projects (Vivian Suter + Elisabeth Wild).

The Opening programme will once again be focusing on galleries with a history of a maximum of seven years with the aim of providing new information and aesthetic experiences. The programme will consist of 21 galleries selected by the independent commissioners Tiago de Abreu Pinto and Ilaria Gianni. A programme that includes research beyond the usual art centres, including galleries such as Bombon Projects (Barcelona), Clima (Milan), Embajada (San Juan, Puerto Rico), Francisco Fino (Lisbon), Rodríguez (Poznan), Sé (São Paulo) and Sindicato (Santo Domingo).

This section will have its own space for meeting and presentation of projects at Bodega Opening, an ephemeral wine bar designed by Ansón & Bonet.

In addition, a total of 38 artist projects will be distributed throughout the fair. Galleries will be presenting work by artists such as Waqas Khan (Sabrina Amrani), Sandra Gamarra (Juana de Azipuru), Jaume Plensa (Lelong), Sol Calero (Barbara Gross), Jorge Piqueras (Henrique Faria), Engel Leonardo (Formatocomodo) Pepe Espaliú (García Galeria) Heini Aho (Anhava) and David Zink Yi (König Galerie), among others.

. COLLECTING AND SPECIAL GUESTS

ARCOmadrid, as part of its goal of renewing and promoting a new collecting, returns to present new initiatives. It is again providing its freeadvice service in the purchase of works during the Fair, First Collectors by Fundación Banco Santander, as well as reinforcing the Young Collectors programme by inviting around thirty young international collectors. The virtual platform Artsy.net will also again be offering the opportunity to explore the Fair and its works through its website and via the Artsy App. A series of actions designed to guide people who are starting to buy art and contribute to the promotion of collecting and contemporary art, that are the foundational purposes of Fundación ARCO.

In addition to all this is the classic International Programme of Buyers and the special guests, which will bring to Madrid 300 collectors and 200 professionals from more than 40 countries, as well as the presence of patron collectors and members of museums such as Amici de la Triennale di Milano; CAAC of the Museo de Arte de Lima; Chelsea Art Group, NYC; Contemporary Art Society, London; Elgiz Museum, Istanbul; Frac Aquitaine, Bordeaux; Le Jeu de Paume, Paris; MAAT, Lisbon; MAMCO, Geneva; Meadows Foundation, Dallas; Museum of Cycladic Art, Athens; New Museum, NYC; Palais de Tokyo, Paris; Parasol Unit, London; PIA (Partners In The Art), Toronto; Fundação Serralves, Oporto; Spirit Now, London; Tate Americas Foundation, NYC; The Cultivist, London; The Power Plant, Toronto.

Through ARCO, private companies of national and international prestige will be joining initiatives for the promotion of acquisitions and the recognition of artistic creation, through the delivery of different awards including the Audemars Piguet Award for the Production of a Work of art; Illy Sustainart Award; Beep Award for Electronic Art; Cervezas Alhambra Award for Emerging Art; Catalina D 'Anglade Award; ART Situacions Award; Han Nefkens Fundación ARCO Award; ARCO / Comunidad de Madrid Award for Young Artists and the Opening Award.

. PROFESSIONALS

ARCOmadrid once again features the voices of contemporary art professionals, consolidating its position as a platform for reflection and knowledge essential to critics, curators, directors of institutions and other professionals. The participation of more than 200 curators and other agents linked to art allows, in addition to the development of an intense programme of debates will establish a meeting point, link and exchange with the galleries.

On this occasion, the Forum opens with an opening talk by Mario Vargas Llosa, before giving way to the Collecting Forum that, with the collaboration of Fundación Banco Santander, offers a conversation between Jean-Jacques Aillagon and Marta Gili – with the collaboration of the Institut français d'Espagne–, as well as sessions led by George Stolz and Judith Benhamou-Huet, the latter with the support of Ámbito Cultural of El Corte Inglés. It will also reflect on new collecting, in a talk led by Bea Espejo, while Agustín Pérez Rubio will lead the Artists Forum session.

The Peru Forum, organised by Miguel A. López, will again be hosting conversations about the particular features of Peruvian contemporary art, with the participation, among others, of Fernando Bryce, a visual artist; Roberto Huarcaya, photographer and general director of the Centro de la Imagen; Christian Bendayán, artist and former director of the Instituto Nacional de Cultura de Iquitos; Natalia Majluf, art historian and former director of the Museo de Arte of Lima, or Florencia Portocarrero, curator of Proyecto AMIL public programmes.