35th Edition of arteba at La Rural

Arteba celebrates its 35th edition, featuring over 400 artists, in a major return to La Rural.
The grand art event has opened its doors to institutions; it will open to the general public starting Friday. Here are the details for this edition.
With an exclusive opening for institutions and collectors, the arteba fair has launched its 35th edition at La Rural, ahead of its opening to the general public, which will run from Friday, October 30, to Sunday, November 1.

Much has changed since its inception at the Centro Cultural Recoleta—originally known as ARTE BA ’91—which featured only a handful of galleries and focused primarily on works by established artists. This current iteration marks a major return to the Palermo exhibition grounds, the venue for most of the fair’s previous editions, and now hosts 69 galleries and more than 400 artists.

In a conversation with Infobae Cultura, Lucrecia Palacios, executive director of the arteba Foundation, explained that the fair’s beginnings took place amidst a series of social shifts that followed the return of democracy in 1983.
“It was a time when efforts to reclaim public space in the post-dictatorship era were underway. Music festivals and Marta Minujín’s ‘Parthenon of Books,’ for instance, are emblematic of that spirit. In that sense, arteba served an urban function quite similar to that of ARCO in 1980s Madrid: reclaiming public space through culture, following a period when such activities were not permitted,” she said. He added: “Arteba is a very special fair because it was created by collectors. I don’t know of any other example like it in the world. It is a fair conceived from the very DNA of collecting. There were no gallery owners among the founders—nor have there been any since. Its connection to collectors and its dedicated collecting program are, without a doubt, among its clearest strengths. Since its inception, its goal has been to enable artists to make a living from their work.”

Among them were Jacobo Fiterman, who served as president of the foundation during its first decade; Juan Cambiaso, who years later would create the iconic *Premio en Obra* (Work-in-Progress Award); Alejandro Corres, who served as the institution’s first president when it was founded in September 1991; and cultural manager Diana Saiegh—then at the helm of the Recoleta [Cultural Center]—who facilitated this collaboration between the state and the private sector.
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