Arco avoids shocks and commits to decolonizing the art market (or tries to) The great contemporary art fair opens its doors in Madrid stirring up the great debates of the present. Among the 205 galleries selected in this edition, 65% of which are not Spanish (and 38 of them are Latin American), there are many that collect points of view critical of colonialism and its thorny legacy.

“The fair does not position itself, but it does reflect what is happening in the art world,” says the director of Arco, Maribel López.