ARTBO 2026: Four days of art, commerce and Bogotá’s cultural crowd
For four days every September, Bogotá’s art world moves into Ágora Bogotá, where collectors, curators, gallerists, artists, designers, students and the city’s cultural crowd converge for ARTBO, the capital’s annual international art fair. And then there is the opening night. The inauguration of ARTBO has become something of a ritual on Bogotá’s cultural calendar, when […]
Bogotá, Colombia hosts the annual international art fair, ARTBO, for four days in September every year. The fair brings together collectors, curators, gallerists, artists, designers, students, and the city’s cultural crowd at Ágora Bogotá, a convention center. ARTBO is both a celebration of art and a business event, where contemporary art, painting, photography, video, installation, performance, printmaking, drawing, ceramics, sculpture, and multimedia are exhibited and sold.
80% of the art presented at this year’s fair will be contemporary, with 65% of the participating artists being Colombian and 35% international. The fair has grown from 44 galleries in 2025 to 50 galleries in 2026, with galleries from 20 cities across South and Central America. ARTBO 2026 features seven sections, including Galerías (commercial galleries), Instituciones (museums, foundations, magazines), Encuentro Editorial (publishers, distributors, and bookstores), Conversaciones (critical discussion and debate), Trayectoria (Colombian artist Fanny Sanín), Artecámara (emerging artists without commercial representation), and Ruta Diseño (activities in Bogotá’s La Macarena neighborhood).
ARTBO 2026 also introduces ARTBO Conecta, an AI-powered platform to help visitors find and buy art, addressing the challenge of making the market accessible to those unfamiliar with the process. The fair marks the 50th anniversaries of ArtNexus and Taller Arte Dos Gráfico, both significant in regional art and graphic culture development.
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