The Fondazione per l'Arte Moderna e Contemporanea CRT announced today that Tomás Saraceno (Pinksummer Gallery, Genoa, Italy) and Abraham González Pacheco (Galería Campeche, Mexico City, Mexico) are the winners of its first Acquisition Award at ARCOmadrid.
The Fondazione per l'Arte Moderna e Contemporanea CRT, based in Turin, has acquired, a painting by Tomas Saraceno and a set of 15 drawings by Abraham Gonzalez Pacheco to benefit GAM - Galleria Civica d'Arte Moderna e Contemporanea Torino for a total of 36,000 euros.
The Fondazione per l'Arte Moderna e Contemporanea CRT, based in Turin, has acquired, a painting by Tomas Saraceno and a set of 15 drawings by Abraham Gonzalez Pacheco to benefit GAM - Galleria Civica d'Arte Moderna e Contemporanea Torino for a total of 36,000 euros.
The winning works were selected by a jury formed by Chiara Bertola (Director of GAM - Galleria Civica d'Arte Moderna e Contemporanea), Manuel Segade Lodeiro (Director of the Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia) and Hans Ulrich Obrist (Co-Director of Serpentine Galleries).
This acquisition award is part of the Fondazione Arte CRT's 2024-2027 program and is the first time the Fondazione collaborates with an art fair outside Italy. Each year, the Fondazione will acquire new works at ARCOmadrid, which will become part of its collection and go on long-term loan to one of the two partner museums: GAM - Galleria Civica d'Arte Moderna e Contemporanea Torino and Castello di Rivoli - Museo d'Arte Contemporanea.
This year, the works by Tomás Saraceno and Abraham González Pacheco will be on long-term loan to the GAM - Galleria Civica d'Arte Moderna e Contemporanea Torino. In 2025, the winning work will be loaned to the Castello di Rivoli - Museo d'Arte Contemporanea.
March 6, 2024
