Swab Barcelona, international art fair

Swab Barcelona, founded in 2006 by private collector Joaquín Díez-Cascón, is an international art fair that brings together galleries, artists, curators and collectors from around the world. Its objective since it was founded is to showcase young and emerging talented artists of the current contemporary art scene.

The 2024 edition of SWAB

The International Contemporary Art Fair of Barcelona will hold its 17th edition from October 3 to 6, with the participation of 70 galleries. Of these, 23 are national and 47 come from 20 different countries, exhibiting works by more than 200 artists.

Focus on East Asia

Swab 2024 will focus on the vibrant East Asian art scene. The city of Taipei will be the protagonist of the SOLO Show by Vila Casas and Video Box programs, the latter dedicated to video art. Tokyo and Seoul will also play a prominent role through the Focus Tokyo - Seoul curated program, which will bring together young art spaces from both metropolises.

Platform for Emerging Art

The fair consolidates itself as a platform for experimentation for emerging artistic proposals, with eight programs in total. These include the General Program for established galleries, Swab Seed for independent artist-run spaces, My First Art Fair for new galleries with no experience in international fairs, and a Performance program.

Curated Programs

Swab 2024 will also offer several curated programs. Among them, Focus Tokyo - Seoul, which will highlight the artistic connection between the two cities; Emerging LATAM, dedicated to new Latin American emerging art proposals; SOLO Show by Vila Casas, which links peripheral Catalan projects with other territories; and Video Box, which will focus on the audiovisual exploration of underrepresented contexts.

Admission is free for children under 14 years of age.