Acquisitions programme2025
Fundació Úniques
zardoz.club
The 11th anniversary of Barcelona Gallery Weekend celebrates a new edition of the Acquisitions Programme, through which companies, foundations and private collections commit to incorporate into their collections works presented by galleries participating in Barcelona Gallery Weekend.
We are pleased to announce that the Fundació Vila Casas, faithful to this initiative since its first edition in 2017, renews its participation in the ninth edition of the programme. This non-profit institution was founded by businessman Antoni Vila Casas (Barcelona, 1930-2023) in 1986 to promote Catalan contemporary art, and currently has four exhibition spaces in Catalonia.
For the second consecutive year, we will have the Fundació Úniques: a private organisation dedicated to promoting contemporary art created by women living and working in the Catalan Countries. The aim is to expand their presence on the international scene and to encourage the consolidation of their professional representation through artistic and cultural programmes, the promotion of collecting and the encouragement of social activism.
Also, resumes its commitment, zardoz.club, a virtual gallery founded by Brazilian-Spanish collector and curator Tales Tommasini, who has been active in digital art since 2020. He has presented more than 30 exhibitions with works from his own collection, as well as curated shows of artists and institutions from around the world. Tommasini has commissioned digital art collections by artists such as Regina Silveira, Ana Maria Tavares, Novíssimo Edgar, Theo Firmo, Yuri Tuma, Pablo Pérez Sanmartín, and Elena Juárez.
In this edition, we also welcome to the program Eurostars Hotel Company: Through its hotel chain Eurostars Hotel Company, Grupo Hotusa demonstrates its cultural sensitivity with various initiatives. The aim is to contribute to society through culture, linking the hotels with their destinations. The chain's hotels host exhibitions, cultural events and artistic activities, consolidating themselves as a platform for the promotion and dissemination of the current artistic scene. Eurostars Hotel Company has an outstanding art collection, which is enriched through a programme of acquisition of works by renowned contemporary artists.
The works acquired through the Acquisitions Programme will be freely selected by each entity and in direct relation with the participating galleries.