Apertura Madrid Gallery Weekend 2026
How do we have fun? Strategies for Rehearsing Leisure in a Society That Did Away with the 'Caña' for Being Unproductive. A Vermouth with… Marina Avia

Infinito Delicias
C/ Juana Doña, 5
28045 Madrid

Saturday, September 19, 2026, 7:00 pm

Free admission. Capacity is limited.

More information here.

Marina Avia Estrada is an art historian, curator, and Head of Exhibitions and Public Programs at TBA21 Thyssen-Bornemisza Art Contemporary. Her curatorial practice brings together contemporary art, research, and public programming. She has previously worked at institutions including IPCNY in New York, the Wallach Art Gallery, Tabacalera Promoción del Arte, and AECID. She is the curator of Seba Calfuqueo's exhibition CAUTÍN, which will open at the Museo Nacional Thyssen-Bornemisza this October.

Claudia Pagès is a writer, performer, and visual artist. Her work explores the relationships between language, architecture, water infrastructures, and history through installation, video, performance, and writing. Her research often draws on archives, systems of circulation, and forms of collective organization, bringing memory, territory, and power into dialogue.

Irene de Andrés is an artist and researcher whose practice examines the history of tourism, the infrastructure developed for leisure, and its impact on the landscape. Working across video, photography, and installation, she connects different historical periods and traces major processes of touristification.

Elandorphium is a visual artist and performer. Their practice combines installation, performance, sculpture, image-making, and research processes to explore relationships between matter, technology, ecologies, and fiction. Their work is grounded in experimental methodologies that connect contemporary art with collaborative processes and the production of knowledge.

Organized by the Arte Madrid gallery association, Apertura Madrid Gallery Weekend has been held annually since 2009. Every September, Arte Madrid galleries come together to present a citywide program of free exhibitions open to all audiences. In recent years, Apertura has expanded beyond the gallery weekend to encompass a broader program throughout September. Free activities include coordinated gallery openings, events and guided visits, tours of some of Madrid's most distinctive art centers and museums, and walks through public space that invite visitors to discover artworks across the city.

Located in Madrid's Delicias neighborhood, Infinito is a meeting place for people of all ages, artists, chefs, farmers, foundations, associations, companies, public institutions, and startups. It is an open space for reflection, debate, and experimentation, dedicated to developing new ways of living and working together. Alongside connecting different sectors, testing new forms of collaboration, and acting as a catalyst for social and cultural transformation, Infinito Delicias also promotes a sustainable business model. It demonstrates how projects with a strong social and environmental impact can be economically viable while generating change at both local and global levels.