ARTBO

{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2019}} {{short description|Annual art fair in Bogotá, Colombia}} {{lead too long|date=April 2019}} {{Infobox recurring event | name = ARTBO | native_name = | logo = | logosize = 100px | logo_caption = | image = | imagesize = | caption = | genre = Arts fair; contemporary art Arts program | date =  | ends = | frequency = Annual | location = [https://agora-bogota.com/ Ágora Bogotá], Bogotá, Colombia | years_active = 21 years | first = 24 October 2007 | founder_name = | last =  | prev = | next = | participants = | attendance = 29,560 (2024)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.artbo.co/Noticias/2024/Con-exito-finalizo-ARTBO-Feria-2024|title= Con éxito finalizó ARTBO Feria 2024|website=www.artbo.co|publisher=ARTBBO|access-date=10 October 2024|location= Bogotá, Colombia|language=Spanish|date=September 2024}}</ref> | area = | budget = | patron = | organised = Chamber of Commerce of Bogotá | people = | member = | website = {{url|https://www.artbo.co/}} | footnotes = }}

'''ARTBO''' is the arts program of the [https://www.ccb.org.co/ Bogotá Chamber of Commerce], since 2004 the program aims to promote the plastic arts ecosystem in Colombia. The program has different actions lines that includes [https://www.artbo.co/Programa-ARTBO/Feria ARTBO Fair], [https://www.artbo.co/Programa-ARTBO/Fin-de-Semana ARTBO Fin de Semana], [https://www.artbo.co/Programa-ARTBO/Salas ARTBO Salas], ARTBO Tutor and Trama. ARTBO Fair is Colombia's official international art fair, and is organized by the Bogotá Chamber of commerce.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://observer.com/2017/10/best-booths-art-projects-of-artbo-2017-bogota-colombia/|title=Bogotá Bound: The Best Booths and Art Projects of ARTBO 2017|date=26 October 2017|website=Observer|access-date=10 February 2019}}</ref> ARTBO is one of the largest art fairs in Latin America, and brings together art galleries, artworks, curators, collectors, artists, and the public as one of the most important cultural events for the country.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://thecitypaperbogota.com/culture/artbo-october-is-all-art-at-the-heart-of-bogota/18312|title=ARTBO: October is all art at the heart of Bogotá|last=Emblin|first=Richard|date=23 October 2017|website=The City Paper Bogotá|access-date=10 February 2019}}</ref>

== History == The fair's origins date back to 2004, when Bogotá's Chamber of Commerce took on the project of strengthening and consolidating the local art scene. ARTBO was created as a nonprofit project to promote Colombia's culture and arts both locally and abroad through the participation of key Colombian art galleries as well as international galleries.

Since 2012, under the direction of María Paz Gaviria, ARTBO Fair has grown in size to becoming Latin America's second largest art fair, next to Zona Maco in Mexico.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://news.artnet.com/market/artbo-2016-latin-american-fairs-722507|title=ArtBo Strengthens Bid to Lead Latin American Art Fairs|date=27 October 2016|website=artnet News|access-date=10 February 2019}}</ref> Internationally, ARTBO Fair is sometimes referred to as the "Art Basel of Latin America".<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://nymag.com/travel/urbanist/an-alternative-art-tour-of-bogot.html|title=Bogotá’s Art Scene Is on Fire – These Are the Galleries to Know|last=Gill|first=Nicholas|work=Travel on New York Magazine|access-date=10 February 2019}}</ref>

== Editions ==

* ARTBO 2005 – Inaugural edition; 29 galleries from 7 countries<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://news.artnet.com/market/what-you-need-to-know-about-the-colombian-art-market-151304|title=What to Know About the Colombian Art Market|date=31 October 2014|website=artnet News|access-date=10 February 2019}}</ref> * ARTBO 2012 – New Director Maria Paz Gaviria takes over direction of ArtBo; 56 galleries from 14 countries<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.elespectador.com/artbo/artbo-2012-abre-sus-puertas-galerias-jovenes-articulo-378123|title=artBO 2012 abre sus puertas a las galerías jóvenes|date=28 September 2012|website=ELESPECTADOR.COM|language=ES|access-date=10 February 2019}}</ref> * ARTBO 2015 – 11th Edition; 3000 artworks and 84 galleries from 33 cities<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://thecitypaperbogota.com/culture/artbo-to-host-the-world-of-art92912/9819|title=ARTBO to host a world of art|last=Staff|first=The City Paper|date=29 September 2015|website=The City Paper Bogotá|access-date=10 February 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://hyperallergic.com/243188/from-deforestation-to-disappeared-populations-bogotas-artbo-fair-reflects-south-americas-history/|title=From Deforestation to Disappeared Populations, Bogota's ARTBO Fair Reflects South America's History|date=8 October 2015|website=Hyperallergic|access-date=10 February 2019}}</ref> * ARTBO 2016 – 12th Edition; 35,000 visitors and galleries from 28 cities, and accounted for 80% of the total annual sale volume for Colombian Art Galleries that year<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://news.artnet.com/market/artbo-2016-latin-american-fairs-722507|title=ArtBo Strengthens Bid to Lead Latin American Art Fairs|date=27 October 2016|website=artnet News|access-date=10 February 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://canaltrece.com.co/noticias/bogota-octubre-semana-del-arte/|title=Caminar Bogotá en un mes que llueve arte|website=Canal Trece|access-date=10 February 2019}}</ref> * ARTBO 2017 – 13th Edition; 75 participating galleries and over 350 represented artists<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://news.artnet.com/market/bogota-exciting-art-hub-latin-america-but-can-it-last-1133639|title=Bogotá Is One of Most Exciting Art Hubs in Latin America, But Can It Last?|date=31 October 2017|website=artnet News|access-date=10 February 2019}}</ref> * ARTBO 2018 – 14th Edition; 3000 artworks from over 350 represented artists<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.elespectador.com/noticias/noticias-de-cultura/ciudad-articulada-articulo-820015|title=Ciudad articulada|date=25 October 2018|website=ELESPECTADOR.COM|language=ES|access-date=10 February 2019}}</ref>

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Category:Contemporary art fairs Category:Art festivals in Colombia Category:Festivals in Bogotá Category:Annual events in Colombia