(17 May 2018) LEADIN:
Contemporary art is taking centre stage in Lisbon as collectors, artists and enthusiasts descend on the Portuguese capital for a prestigious art fair.
ARCO Lisbon is hosting dozens of international galleries and showcasing various new artists across the four day event.
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ARCO Lisbon art fair is turning the Portuguese capital into the contemporary art hotspot for collectors, gallerists, artists and enthusiasts from all over the world.
This year, there are more galleries and new art related events and activities.
On its third edition, ARCO Lisbon is offering 72 proposals from 14 countries, a 20 per cent increase from previous years.
Gallerist and member of the ARCO Lisbon Committee, Nuno Centeno says: "It is good, there must be room for every artist and every gallerist, to me what's new in Arco Lisbon is the fact that it's the third edition, that in itself is of great news, we hope the next one will come, and so on and so forth. The fair has been great in previous years. This year it appears to be starting out really well with a fresh image, people are starting to come as it just opened. So far it has been good, think it is positive but it is just the beginning."
Italian Gallerist Umberto di Marino, who has not missed one edition, acknowledges the importance of the fair.
"Yes this is the third year we have come. The first year we immediately joined the project because we had been working for years with young Portuguese artists – Andre Romao, Ana Manso, Pedro Neves Marques – so we have come in past years to the fair, it is very interesting with a selection of 40 galleries and we ended up returning each year because we think it's important to support and stay behind these projects. Often people want to go to the big international fairs, I am on the other hand very interested in finding fairs like ARCO Lisboa, very professional but also experimental."
"I believe this is a fair that has room for growth because these days everyone is coming to Lisbon", di Marino adds.
Renowned Portuguese urban artist Alexandro Farto, aka VHILS, is showcasing some of his work at the Vera Cortes Gallery, but less established artists also have a presence as well.
Many new independent artists are showing for the first time, including extensive presentations by local and international talent.
Leading Portuguese galleries will be joined by new galleries such as Krinzinger from Vienna, Helga de Alvear from Madrid, Carreras Mugica from Bilbao, Millan from Sao Paulo and Greengrassi from London.
ARCO Lisbon opens to the general public on Thursday 17th May and will run until the 20th May 2018.
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