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ART COLOGNE PALMA DE MALLORCA
Art Fair for Modern and Contemporary Art

The Art Cologne Palma de Mallorca has celebrated its debut in the former Terminal A of the Son Sant Joan airport in Palma de Mallorca and Culturebrand Architects of Culture has been involved in the whole Management of the Fair and Art Show. This gala and international art event was a real special challenge not only for its organizer, Koelnmesse, but also for the local partner in this project, the district administration of the Balearic Islands, the Balearic Government and the City of Palma de Mallorca. The 55 galleries from 14 countries exhibited at the Premiere of the art fair. They brought together an impressive programme including very big international names and plenty of surprises.

Culturebrand Architects of Culture and Tourism was given an extensive consultancy and management assignment for the whole event Production. Culturebrand was also responsible for Management and Production Services, Event Creation, Event Management and Production, Funding and Sponsorship, Partner Coordination, Preparatory Events, Public Relations Services, VIP Art Collectors Coordination.

The first international Art Fair on Mallorca has been a great success with more than 8.500 international Guests and Visitors and a large international Media Impact. Hubert Georg Feil, Managing Partner of CULTUREBRAND mentioned, that the Art Fair ART COLOGNE PALMA DE MALLORCA was a Milestone for Mallorca and the Balearic Islands from a cultural and image Point of View. Hubert Georg Feil: “Palma de Mallorca is now on the cultural map of Europe!”

Facts:

• ACPM Art Fair at Terminal 2 – Airport of Palma de Mallorca
• 8.500 international Guests
• 55 First-Class Art Galleries from 14 Countries
• Extensive VIP-Program around the Island of Mallorca
• 55 Events in One Week
• 40 Gallery Events and Art Exhibitions around the Island
• Grand Opening Ceremony in the Castell de Bellver de Mallorca with 1.500 Guests / Eventproduction: Culturebrand Live Communication

Partners and Sponsors:

• Govern de les Illes Balears | Government of the Balearic Islands
• Consell de Mallorca
• Ajuntament de Palma de Mallorca | City of Palma de Mallorca
• Fomento del Turismo
• Air Berlin
• Freixenet
• AUDI AG
• Puro Group
• Engel & Völkers
• Mallorcair
• Net Jets
• Fleurop

Official Hotel Partner:

• Puro Hotel
• Castillo Hotel Palma de Mallorca
• St. Regis Mardavall Hotel & Spa
• Meliá Palas Atenea
• Gran Meliá Victoria
• Arabella Sheraton Golf Hotel Son Vida
• Gran Hotel Son Net Puigpunyent

Artistic Facts and Background:

The list of artists whose works have been presented during the ART COLOGNE Palma de Mallorca is international and prestigious. For example, classical modernism was represented by names such as Max Ernst, Georg Grosz, Erich Heckel, Karl Hofer, Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, Fernand Léger, André Masson, Emil Nolde and Pablo Picasso. Galerie Hachmeister from Münster showed “La Femme au Livre” (Woman Reading) (1935) and “Boîte à allumettes” (Matchbox) (1963), two works by the French architect Le Corbusier, whose paintings are rarities on the Spanish art market. Henze & Ketterer, from Bern and Basel, came to Palma with several oil paintings by George Grosz, including “A Summer Day” from 1940. The Spanish gallery Barbié from Barcelona focused on the Spanish and German avant-garde of the postwar period and display works by Antoni Tàpies and Willy Baumeister.