Conference on Art and Galleries 2025

Tuesday 16, December, 2025 10 h - Tuesday 16, December, 2025

Espais Volart, Barcelona

Galeries d’Art de Catalunya (GAC) presents the 13th edition of the Art and Galleries Conference, an event dedicated to exchange and dialogue between professionals in the gallery sector and the art world.

With the participation of Guillermo Cervera, head of collections at the Carmen Thyssen Foundation; Josep Fèlix Bentz, director of the Palau Martorell; Carme Clusellas, director of the Girona Art Museum; Bernat Puigdollers, director of the Vila Casas Foundation; Jesús Navarro Guitart, director of MORERA. Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art of Lleida; Artur Ramon Navarro, director of Artur Ramon Art; Ricard Planas, director of Bonart magazine.

This edition aims to open up a space for debate and reflection on Catalan painting collecting, its historical evolution and future, collectors' motivations, the relationship with galleries and museums, and the current challenges facing the market and the preservation of artistic heritage.

PROGRAM

10:00-10:15
Welcome
with
Benito Padilla (President, GAC)
Ricard Planas (Director of Bonart)

10:15-11:00
“The Carmen Thyssen Foundation's collection of Catalan painting”
with
Guillermo Cervera (Head of Collections)
Conversation with Ricard Planas

11:00-12:00
“Exhibitions of Catalan painting: narratives, challenges, and opportunities”
with
Carme Clusellas (Director, Girona Art Museum)
Josep Fèlix Bentz (Director, Palau Martorell)
Moderator: Ricard Planas

12:00-12:15
Coffee

12:15-1:15 p.m.
“The past, present, and future of collecting Catalan paintings”
with
Bernat Puigdollers (Director, Fundació Vila Casas)
Jesús Navarro Guitart (Director, MORERA. Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art of Lleida)
Artur Ramon Navarro (Director, Artur Ramon Art)
Moderator: Ricard Planas

Reservations are recommended by clicking on this link.
For more information: info@galeriesdecatalunya.org

Due to the conference, Ramon Calsina's exhibition Miserias humanas (Human Miseries) will be closed to the public from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.