That was the beginning of Arco Madrid, with Colombia as guest of … – ElTiempo.com

A Special Day lived the Colombian delegation that is present in the art fair Arco Madrid, with visits to the locations of the kings of Spain, Felipe and Letizia, who at noon today gave official opening the most important art fair in the country.

After traveling some wards of the meeting, the actual space Majesties Focus Colombia a ‘dead’ went inside the premises of Ifema (the exhibition center of Madrid), in which expected the Minister of Culture of Colombia, Mariana Garcés; the Colombian ambassador to Spain, Fernando Carrillo, and numerous officials and businessmen of national art.

In an interview with TIME, the Garcés Minister revealed that Philip was very warm in the encounter and very interested in Colombian artists. Indeed, a cloud of photographers and members of the royal entourage recorded an exchange between the monarch and the Colombian creator Alvaro Barrios, who exhibits a gigantic work that resembles a comic in the booth Gallery Museum.

Felipe and Letizia also entered the gallery spaces Casas Riegner and visited the official stand of our delegation, called Arco Colombia, which exhibited art publications, pictures of national museums and special events are held such as the launch of the book dealer Felipe Grimberg ‘Selling Botero’, which took place this morning, after the royal visit.

The Colombian presence in Arco Madrid has drawn attention Spanish media, which include more than 200 compatriots, artists, gallery owners, collectors and journalists have come to the Iberian capital. The announced state visit of President Juan Manuel Santos, during the weekend as can be seen in the streets, as the Colombian flag and waves by the Spanish in the famous Plaza de Cibeles, a rare tribute in the Madrid protocol.

Tonight a new exhibition opens at the Tabacalera space, by the vallecaucano artist Oscar Muñoz, who has called his work Atramentos. Similarly, filmmaker Luis Ospina will speak at the Reina Sofia Museum and the discussion group ‘Facing the Other: drawings on post-conflict’ is performed., In the House of America