arteBA Contemporary Art Fair closed its 15th edition gates, reaffirming its leadership as a neuralgic center for art in Latin America. arteBA2006 received 150 special guests from abroad, among them, International museums directors, important contemporary art collectors, critics and representatives from the most influential media of the visual arts circuit..

The art galleries, unquestionable protagonists of the Fair’s success, took the challenge and presented in the Fair a proposal of remarkable artistic quality that generated great interest among the local buyers and those from abroad. The argentine galleries as the once from abroad, with a very strong presence from Brazil, exhibited their best works and evocative spaces. The names of artists with a remarkable trajectory where heard at the Fair, joined by the new protagonists presented in Barrio Joven Coca – Cola Light and high risk proposals exhibited in Caja Negra / Cubo Blanco, Video space sponsored by Converse, a wide and attractive offer for well known public and private collections and also for a growing collecting. Almost 100.000 people visited the Fair, who had the opportunity to approach to an impeccable selection of argentine and Latin-American contemporary art of well-earned international recognition.