ARCO AWARDED THE GOLDEN MEDAL OF MERIT IN FINE ARTS

ARCO, the International Contemporary Art Fair, has been awarded the Gold Medal in Fine Arts 2007 from the Council of Ministers of the Government of Spain. The award was granted to ARCO and other leading organisations and individuals from both Spain and worldwide in the field of art and culture, including the Spansih collector of Contemporary Art Pilar Citoler.

ARCO and IFEMA would like to express our most sincere congratulations to all those who have contributed to making this project possible: exhibitors, collectors, magazines, publishers, contemporary art experts, foundations, museums, collaborating companies, and all those who, in one way or another, work with us to ensure that ARCO continues being one of the world’s major art fairs.

Madrid, 11th June 2007