# ARTBO

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{{short description|Annual art fair in Bogotá, Colombia}}
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| genre              = [Arts fair](/source/Arts_fair); [contemporary art](/source/contemporary_art) [Arts program](/source/Arts_program)
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| location           = [https://agora-bogota.com/ Ágora Bogotá], [Bogotá](/source/Bogot%C3%A1), [Colombia](/source/Colombia)
| years_active       = 21 years
| first              = 24 October 2007
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| 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>
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| organised          = Chamber of Commerce of Bogotá
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'''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](/source/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](/source/art_galleries), [artworks](/source/Work_of_art), curators, [collectors](/source/Art_collector), 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](/source/List_of_art_galleries_in_Colombia) 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](/source/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](/source/List_of_art_galleries_in_Colombia) 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>

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

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