• There are 51 galleries from 15 cities and 6 countries -Brazil, Spain, Argentina, Belgium, Chile and Colombia- which will be distributed in more than 13,000 m2 in the Great Hall of Corferias.

• The Main section returns with the 21m2 category, a space for galleries with up to six years of trajectory with refreshing proposals from the national and international art scene.

• The Projects section, curated by Colombian Inti Guerrero, will bring together visual and sound vocabularies that reveal the aftermath of failed national projects and celebrate desire, humor and enjoyment as critical safeguards against the adverse panorama of the future.

Bogota, october 2022. ARTBO | International Art Fair of Bogota will celebrate its return from October 27 to 30, 2022 at Corferias, with the participation of 51 national and international galleries —from Brazil, Spain, Argentina, Belgium, Chile and Spain— , leading curators and artists from 15 cities around the world.

At the Main section, ARTBO | Fair will present national and international galleries with trajectory, emerging and avant-garde proposals carefully selected by a committee made up of prominent figures of the art scene.

CENTRAL GALLERY Director: Fernanda Resstom São Paulo, Brazil Rodrigo Martins (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 1988) Mergulho, 2022 Oil on canvas 30 x 40 cm

Galleries such as Athena (Brazil), Policroma (Colombia), Nordés (Spain), Factoría Santa Rosa (Chile), among others, belong to the 21m2 category, which seeks to give visibility to young galleries with up to six years of trajectory. Likewise, galleries with a great trajectory will be present, such as Rolf Art (Argentina), Max Estrella (Spain), Alarcón Criado (Spain), La Cometa (Colombia), among others.

The Main section will feature a large participation of Brazilian galleries, among them, Central Galería, with the artistic projects of Gabriela Mureb, Rodrigo Martins and Simone Cupello; Vermelho gallery, which will exhibit the works of artists Iván Argote, Lia Chaia and André Vargas; and Verve gallery, participating for the first time in ARTBO | Fair and which will put in dialogue the works of artists Igor Vidor and Pablo Ravina. Belgium will have a place in this section with the Newchild Gallery, which will be participating for the first time in a Latin American fair and will present the works of artists Ella McVeigh and Brittney Leeanne Williams.

Among the Colombian galleries participating is Policroma from Medellin — first time at ARTBO | Fair—, which is also one of the young galleries and will exhibit works by artists Catalina Jaramillo Quijano, Iván Hurtado and Pedro Montilla. Also noteworthy is the participation of Alonso Garcés Galería, which returns to the Fair with a proposal headed by Manolo Vellojín, Pedro Tagliafico and Jorge Riveros. In addition, the Fair will also host the proposals of contemporary artists such as Nicolás Bonilla, Mariana Murcia, Tahuanty Jacanamijoy, Lorena Torres and Javier Morales Casas, represented by SGR Galería; and outstanding artists such as Clemencia Echeverri, Mario Opazo and Adriana Salazar, represented by Espacio Continuo.

The Projects section will present Proyectos de nación, a curatorship by Colombian Inti Guerrero —Co-Artistic Director designate of the 24th Biennale of Sydney—. This exhibition will bring together visual and sound vocabularies that not only reveal the aftermath of failed national projects, but also celebrate desire, humor and enjoyment as critical safeguards against the looming apocalyptic shadow of the future. Some artists in the curatorship make reference to ancestral technologies and knowledge; others start from the dystopia of the ruins left by developmentalist utopias, while others find beauty in the forms of resistance engendered by the urban fabric.

Four Colombian artists (Antonio Caro, Francisca Jimenez, Jaime Avila and Nicolas Cadavid) and four international artists from Venezuela, Mexico, the Netherlands and Angola participate in this section. The galleries participating in this section are Casas Riegner, from Bogota; Annet Gelink, from Amsterdam; Instituto de Visión, from Bogota and New York (USA); Espacio El Dorado, from Bogota; Galería Fonti, from Naples, Italy; Nueveochenta, from Bogota; ABRA, from Caracas, and RINCÓN, from Bogota.

Schedules and box office October 27-29, 2022 12:00 m. - 8:00 p. m. October 30, 2022 12:00 m. - 7:00 p. m.

General public ticket COP 32.000 Banco de Bogotá customers (10 % discount) COP 28.800 Student ticket COP 15.000

Notes for editors

• ARTBO, arts program of the Bogota Chamber of Commerce was born in 2004 as part of its commitment to the Cultural and Creative Industries, with the purpose of promoting and positioning Bogota as a place and destination for culture and business, as well as to create a commercial platform for the arts and a space for cultural exchange and audience development.

• The website is www.artbo.co; and on social networks it can be found through: ARTBO (Facebook); @feriaARTBO (Twitter); @feriaartbo (Instagram); and artboenlinea (Flickr).

• ARTBO I Fair will be held from October 27 to 30, 2022 at the Great Hall of Corferias (Avenida La Esperanza with Carrera 39).

• In cases where ARTBO is cited in a text or note, sustained capital letters should be used (note that ARTBO is a single word). Correct usage: ARTBO. Incorrect usage: ArtBO, ARTBo, Art-BO, etc.

About the CCB

The Bogotá Chamber of Commerce is a private entity that, since 1878, has been supporting the dreams of the city's entrepreneurs and businessmen. By legal delegation, it administers public registries. It works for legal security, for the strengthening of the environment and for the interests of entrepreneurs. It accompanies the different life cycles of companies and promotes business in Bogota and the region.