ABERTO 2024. Different Contexts in the Art Market
In the framework of Aberto 2024 and with the goal of promoting the artistic and curatorial initiatives of Contemporánea (Association of Contemporary Art Galleries of Galicia), the simultaneous opening, with nine Galician galleries participating, of the 2024-2025 exhibition season took place on 19 September.
The CGAC is joining this initiative by hosting a conference on the art market promoted by the association and organised in partnership with the Art History Department of the University of Santiago de Compostela (USC). Professionals in the field of artistic research and curatorship, both nationally and internationally, will explore the different contexts of the initiatives presented by the galleries taking part and shall discuss the current art market situation.
PROGRAMME
TUESDAY 15 OCTOBER • CASA RIA (Virxe da Cerca, 6)
5.00 p.m.
Visit to the Fundación RIA and several galleries in Santiago de Compostela guided by the collector Antonio Brigos Pla-Font.
WEDNESDAY 16 OCTOBER • CGAC AUDITORIUM
12.00 m.
Introduction by Santiago Olmo, the CGAC director, and Luisa Pita, president of Contemporánea.
12.15 p.m.
The Economy of Art and the Art Market. Conference by Miguel Ángel Rodríguez, senior lecturer at the USC
1.00 p.m.
Round table with Santiago Olmo and Contemporánea gallery owners
THURSDAY, 17 OCTOBER • CGAC BOARD ROOM
5.30 p.m.
Art. Gallery and Circular Economy. Different Contexts. Connection with Rafael Pérez, Fernando García Ponce Museum (MACAY), and Jorge Fernández, Director of the National Museum of Fine Arts of Cuba (MNBA). Panel moderated by Federico López Silvestre, senior lecturer and director of the Art History Department at the USC
6.00 p.m.
Round table with Santiago Olmo, collector Antonio Brigos Pla-Font and Contemporánea gallery owners
PARTICIPANTS
MIGUEL ANXO RODRÍGEZ GONZÁLEZ (Vigo, Pontevedra, 1970) is a senior lecturer of art theory at the USC. Specialising in art theory and contemporary art, his research focuses on current art, analysing the aspects of contemporary sculpture, urban landscape and architecture, and photography. He has also coordinated several international projects on current cultural policies and cultural management masters.
FEDERICO LÓPEZ SILVESTRE (Santiago de Compostela, A Coruña, 1973) is senior lecturer of aesthetic ideas at the USC. He has coordinated the research network on contemporary art and cultural management in Cuba, Mexico, Portugal and Spain (YUCUNET) and is principal investigator of the DEPARQ project on the study of marginalised landscapes in Southern Europe. He has written several books on art and aesthetics and has published texts in Spanish by renowned artists and theorists. He has also directed the "Paisaje y Teoría collection" of the Biblioteca Nueva publishing house.
RAFAEL ALFONSO PÉREZ Y PÉREZ (Mérida, Yucatán, 1965) is the director of the MACAY. With a background in law, social sciences, and cultural and heritage management, he has curated hundreds of internationally acclaimed exhibitions and has taught at the Centro de Educación Artística (CEDART) Ermilo Abreu Gómez, at the Escuela Estatal de Bellas Artes in Mérida, and at the Faculty of Arts and Design at the UNAM. From 2003 to 2019, he was deputy director of the Ministry of Finance and Public Credit of Mexico.
JORGE FERNÁNDEZ PÉREZ TORRES (Havana, 1965) is the director of the MNBA, critic and curator. He teaches theoretical studies at Cuba’s University of the Arts and has lectured extensively on contemporary art, architecture and audiovisual communication. He has been director of the Wifredo Lam Centre for Contemporary Art and is a member of the Executive Committee of the World Biennial Foundation.
TARGET GROUP
Students, gallery owners, collectors and cultural management professionals
REGISTRATION
To take part in the guided tour of the Fundación RIA and the art galleries of Santiago de Compostela, please register on the following link https://contemporanea.gal/es/contacta/ or via e-mail to contemporanea.asociacion@gmail.com, indicating name and surname, area of work or interest, e-mail address and contact phone number.
Participation in the conference on the 16 and 17 October is free of charge and prior registration Is not required. Free admission until full capacity is reached and places will be filled on a first-come, first-served basis (CGAC Auditorium: 250 people, CGAC Board Room: 40 people).