The Professional Meeting sessions will once again be closed to the public. At the Meeting Diálogos, led by the curator Catalina Lozano, and at the Meeting Opening, with Tiago de Abreu Pinto and Ilaria Gianni, information will be exchanged on both sections of the Fair. The Guests Museums Meetings will be two meetings organised with the collaboration of AECID and Acción Cultural Española (AC/E), which will be attended by more than 50 professionals, many of them from Mexico.

The programme for the promotion of Spanish art will also be held, organised with the collaboration of AC/E and coordinated by hablarenarte. It will include visits to ARCO with the aim of facilitating the meeting with gallery owners Spanish artists related to the interests of each invited professional.

Meanwhile, Ana Longoni, the director of the public activities department MNCARS, Tamara Díaz Bringas, the coordinator of Cartas, a MNCARS publication and Mabel Tapia, coordinator of L'Internationale, in association with AECID, will lead the 8th International Meeting of European and Iberoamerican Museums, which will bring to Madrid about 60 directors and representatives of museums from around the world.

. ARCHITECTURE, DESIGN AND RESTORATION AT ARCOmadrid

Architecture and design to the fore again this year. Burgos & Garrido Arquitectos is responsible for the spatial design of ARCOmadrid, as well as the Peruvian architects Mariana Leguía _ Maya Ballén, who will design the galleries space of Peru at ARCO.

The VIP Lounge will be a space created by Lázaro Rosa Violán Studio, where gallery owners, collectors and special guests can enjoy a rest and meeting area, as well as a restaurant operated by Vilaplana, under the gastronomic management of the Peruvian chef Rafael Osterling. Inside, it will host the Ruinart space, this time designed by Pepe Leal, as well as Alhambra, Ron Zacapa and the NH Collection. The Audemars Piguet stand features the work of Andrea Galvani, winner of the 7th Award to the production of a work of art.

The Fundación ARCO lounge, with the work of the artist Armando Andrade Tudela, will include the special intervention of The Nave; Room 38 will be designed by Casa Josephine; and the Presentations Room will be decorated by L.A. Studio.

ARCOmadrid will make public spaces and areas of rest, meeting and gastronomy such as ARCOlunch and Espacio Comer available to professionals, with a varied offer from Mallorca, NONSOLOCAFE and illycaffè, Sushita and Alhambra, NuBel, as well as Ron Zacapa, and the Lovers Gastro Lounge, dedicated to the cuisine of Peru.

. PRIVATE SECTOR SUPPORT

One more year, ARCOmadrid has the support of the private sector and of important corporations and institutions through sponsorship actions of different areas or initiatives present in the Fair. This year features the institutional collaboration of AC/E Spanish Cultural Action; AECID; as well as the Fundación Banco Santander; Audemars Piguet; Fundación Banco Sabadell; Ruinart; illy caffè; Caixabank; Cervezas Alhambra; Ron Zacapa; El Corte Inglés; KUNA; NH Collection; RENFE; Artika; Clorofila Digital; Pancracio; Peru Lovers by Atrápalo and Loewe, among others.

ARCOmadrid 2019, organised by IFEMA, will be held from February 27 to March 3 in Halls 7 and 9 of Feria de Madrid, from 12:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. As usual, there will be three days – 1, 2 and 3 March – open to the general public.