UVNT Art Fair 2025 Debuts FOCO LATAM: Spotlighting Latin American Galleries

In 2024, UVNT Art Fair changed dates and location. At the same time that the Art Week was
established in March, the New Contemporary Art Fair premiered its location: a tent 10
meters high and more than 3000 m2 of surface located in the middle of Plaza de Matadero.
“Changes are never easy, but they help us to keep on revolutionizing. We believe that, with
the change to Matadero Madrid, UVNT has gained not only in space, but also in the
spectacularity of the galleries’ proposals, and we have felt very supported, which is why we
have decided to establish ourselves here. Matadero Madrid has become our new home,”
admits Sergio Sancho, founding director of UVNT Art Fair.

The ninth edition of the fair, to be held from March 6 to 9, 2025, will feature a total of 43
galleries from all corners of the world: from Paris to Taipei, passing through Palma de Mallorca, with Madrid as the central axis. More than 125 artists will exhibit their work at the fair. This year, due to the initiative of the galleries, ceramics will have a greater protagonism. “It is a technique that has always been present at the fair but that, in recent years, seems to be generating more interest among artists and collectors.

That’s why we wanted to make sure that in this next edition, it has an even more important place”. Sancho comments, “The fair is not only growing in the number of participating galleries, it is also growing in the number of participating galleries. Nearly twenty ceramists will participate in UVNT Art Fair 2025, and the fair is not only growing in the number of participating galleries.

The fair is not only growing in the number of participating galleries. UVNT Art Fair presents a new section, FOCO LATAM, as a space for dialogue and celebration of Latin American art. This initiative, developed in close collaboration with curator and art critic Christian Viveros-Fauné and with the support of The Social Hub Iberia, will showcase a series of 8 projects by Latin American galleries.

The participants in this first FOCO LATAM are Cerquone Gallery (Caracas/Madrid), Enlace Art (Lima), SGR Galería (Bogota), Valerie’s Factory (Buenos Aires), NN Galería (La Plata), Isabel Croxatto Galería (Santiago de Chile), Klaus Steinmetz Arte Contemporáneo (San Jose) and Marchante Arte Contemporáneo (Mexico City). The Social Hub Iberia is committed to Latin American art and emerging talent by becoming the official hotel of this program.

“Through this new section, we seek to reinforce our commitment to supporting independent artists and galleries, increasing their visibility and recognizing their contribution to the global art scene,” says Sergio Sancho. “The selected artists reflect the cultural richness and creative diversity of their places of origin. We want FOCO LATAM to become a celebration of the new Hispanic American contemporary art”.

Everything changes, nothing changes

Despite the arrival of this new section, UVNT Art Fair remains faithful to its DNA. Its different
programs and activities have turned the fair into an essential date in Madrid’s Art Week, and
the fair will once again feature a Public Art Program throughout the capital. Sculptures,
interventions and murals will fill some of the main streets and squares of Madrid during its
Art Week.

The fair will also bet on digital art, which will have a great presence both in marquees spread around the city and in the fair’s facilities.Once again, the Young Galleries program will help young galleries, with less than three years of experience, to make their way in the sector by offering them a space inside the fair. For this ninth edition, the selected galleries are Enari Gallery (Amsterdam), Espacio Derivado (Seville), Stain Projects (Palma de Mallorca) and Marchante Arte Contemporáneo (Mexico City), which also participates in FOCOLATAM.

As a faithful ally of the fair since its inception, Mahou will present the new Espacio Mahou, which will host the UVNT Mahou Talks and the bar area that each year is designed by an architectural firm. On this occasion, the proposal will be in charge of Enorme Studio that, starting from the concept of traditional bars, will create an almost infinite bar where conversations flow as easily as beer. In previous editions, Studio Animal (2024), Palma and NULA STUDIO (2023), Pareid Architecture (2022) or TAKK (2021) have been in charge of designing this space.

UVNT Allies

UVNT Art Fair 2025 is made possible thanks to the support of its faithful traveling companions, some of whom have been there since the beginning. This is the case of Mahou, which through the UVNT Mahou Talks space promotes other ways of approaching art from within the fair itself. With this initiative, Mahou once again demonstrates its commitment to contemporary art, connecting artists and the public, and supporting hundreds of five-star experiences related to art and culture.

UVNT Art Fair 2025. Confirmed galleries:

For the second consecutive year, Lexus will sponsor the UVNT 2025 Public Art Program, which will fill the main streets and squares of Madrid with art. Also repeating its support is Absolut, the famous Swedish vodka brand, which in the last four decades has collaborated with more than 500 artists, betting on emerging creators and anticipating new trends. Ocean Drive Madrid (OD Hotels), which has been supporting UVNT for years as the official hotel, will once again host artists, collectors, visitors and friends of the fair during this ninth edition.

As on previous occasions, UVNT Art Fair will count on a series of institutional partners that
will sponsor the acquisition and residency prizes of this ninth edition. Among these sponsors are Kells Collection, MER Collection, Montresso* Art Foundation, Piramidón Centre D’Art Contemporani and Studiolo Collection, which joins the fair for the first time.

UVNT ART FAIR 2025 opens on the 6th March, 2025 until the 9th March, 2025 at MATADERO Madrid

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