Pinta BAphoto celebrates its 20th anniversary and is currently the most significant specialized art fair in photography in Latin America. Based in Buenos Aires, the fair has firmly established itself as an undisputed reference point for photography, fostering a meeting place for artists, curators, specialized critics, collectors, and an ever-growing audience. Since its foundation in 2005, Pinta BAphoto has been dedicated to promoting the development of photography within the artistic field and enhancing its international standing.
The fair will feature more than 55 galleries from Argentina, as well as from Venezuela, Spain, Uruguay, the United States, Paraguay, Peru, and Colombia.
At Pinta BAphoto, a wide variety of galleries are exhibited, known for the quality of their proposals, showcasing modern and contemporary artists from different countries whose artistic practices are deeply intertwined with the language of photography.
NEXT | Out of Focus is a platform to promote intergenerational connections, bring together diverse audiences, and share experiences and explorations.
RADAR aims to bring visibility to a generation of mostly mid-career national artists who continue to push the boundaries of language and its various photographic processes, contributing to the expansion of what we understand as contemporary art.
Since 2015, Francisco Medail has been the face of the Artist Tribute section. A program that recognizes the careers of photographers who actively contributed to the field of Argentine photography, with the aim of recovering and highlighting their significance within local history.
The Special Project of Pinta BAphoto, curated by Irene Gelfman, presents Cuatro piezas clave (Four Key Pieces), an installation by Cecilia Lenardón that pushes the boundaries of the photographic image, bringing it closer to the idea of a living, mutable, and exhaustible thing. Lenardón explores a vitality that arises from constant transformation, far from any fixity, challenging the traditional concept of the image to open new perceptual horizons.
FORO es un espacio de encuentro y reflexión sobre las problemáticas y estéticas de la fotografía contemporánea y moderna. En esta edición, se propone explorar la fotografía como un campo expandido, más allá de los límites tradicionales, ofreciendo nuevas formas de ver y pensar la imagen fotográfica.
The Pinta BAphoto 2024 curatorial team is composed of Irene Gelfman, Francisco Medail, Joaquín Rodríguez, Bárbara Golubicki and Sebastián Vidal Mackinson..
Pinta BAphoto presents its 2024 catalogue, which includes all the fair's programs. It features an exhaustive curatorial work and an extraordinary artistic and photographic production.
As part of the Pinta BAphoto celebration, a series of tributes will be held to honor three major figures of Argentine art: artist and cultural leader Luz Castillo, along with artists Aldo Sessa and Pedro Roth.
Con el fin de crear puentes entre los visitantes y las obras, tres guías realizarán recorridos curados por la feria a través de un lenguaje coloquial, accesible y dinámico. Una mirada ecléctica que explora la diversidad de técnicas y búsquedas conceptuales de los artistas para una mayor comprensión de las prácticas en la fotografía contemporánea.
Pinta BAphoto has a program of Awards and Acquisitions aimed at supporting artistic practice and encouraging collecting in the photography art market.
Photo Zine is a space that brings together various independent editorial projects in photography and graphic arts, focusing on different printing techniques and materiality.
Ediciones Larivière was founded in 1992. It occupies a special place in the Argentine publishing world due to the high thematic and artistic impact of its books and the visual quality that distinguishes them. Since then, the South American cultural heritage, particularly the Argentinean one, began to nurture its catalog. It publishes both established artists and new generations.
La Paragráfica became one of the key sectors in Pinta BAphoto. The bookstore has had a stand since 2018 at the fair to offer a unique selection of books and photobooks.
Attended by professional booksellers with more than forty years of experience, La Paragráfica is the online Argentine bookstore that exclusively offers art, design and photography books.
The LA NACION Foundation presents the exhibition "Hambre de Futuro," an exhibit showcasing the dreams of the poorest children in the country and the impact that education has on their lives.
CALLE (which means street in Spanish) is a photography project. The photos were taken by people living on the streets in the city of Buenos Aires over the last 15 years. CALLE tries to ensure that people who live in vulnerable conditions (which have pushed them to live on the streets) can be photographers and can express and share their view of the city.
EFG International is a global group specializing in private banking and asset management. Headquartered in Zurich, it operates in 40 locations around the world in cities across Europe, Asia-Pacific, the Americas, and the Middle East. For the sixth consecutive year, EFG is proud to be the main sponsor of Pinta BAphoto 2024. During the fair, EFG, in collaboration with Art Nexus, will present the EFG Latin America Art Award. This award once again highlights EFG International's commitment to modern and contemporary Latin American art, which, together with its entrepreneurial spirit, seeks to promote artists and fairs from the region on a global scale. The award is given in recognition of the work of emerging artists exhibited at five contemporary art fairs in Latin America. The winner is celebrated each year during Pinta Miami.
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