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Today her first-floor gallery in the trendy Chueca area represents a mix of Spanish and international blue-chip art, but with time still for younger artists, such as de Aizpuru’s alter-ego, Ana Laura Aláez. Soledad Lorenzo Orfila, 5 +34 91 308 28 87 www.soledadlorenzo.com There’s no mistaking the aura of money in Soledad Lorenzo’s interior-designed gallery. Even its situation – next to Marlborough in the Recoletos district – signifies establishment. Yet the programme is still largely committed to Spanish art, both of an older generation Tàpies, Palazuelo and recent fifty-somethings like Juan Uslé and Miquel Barceló. Moriarty Libertad 22 +34 91 531 43 65 www.galeriamoriarty.com A survivor of Madrid’s movida, Lola Moriarty has been following the latest trends ever since. After 20 years, in November the gallery relocated from its original premises to this modern street-level space in Chueca. Artists tend to be in mid-career, Spanish and international, and include the always-interesting Manuel Saiz. Helga de Alvear Doctor Fourquet, 12 +34 91 468 05 06 www.helgadealvear.net Chic designer space with an impossibly heavy front door, situated close to the Reina Sofía. Features a safe programme of established mid-career artists, including Imi Knoebel, Thomas Ruff, Alicia Framis and Santiago Sierra. An internal stairway connects with an attic space, often used to showcase more experimental work. Elba Benítez Galería San Lorenzo, 11 +34 91 308 04 68 www.elbabenitez.com Beautifully situated in an interior courtyard in the Chueca district, it also happens to have one of the more lively programmes in Madrid. Many mid-career artists showing here are either Spanish or Latin American, including Cristina Iglesias, Vik Muniz and Ernesto Neto, but the stable also includes Alexander Sokurov and Miriam Bäckström. Espacio & Galería Distrito Cu4tro Plaza de las Salesas, 9 + Bárbara de Braganza, 2 +34 91 319 85 83 www.distrito4.com The espacio shares the same first floor as the offices, while the gallery proper is just up the street. Both are worth visiting, for while the ‘main’ show tends to be in the gallery, the espacio is perfect for more intimate work, often by younger artists. One of the newer spaces to be also regarded as ‘arrived’, artists include Miquel Mont, Maider López and Jorge Macchi, as well as British artists James Reilly and Richard Deacon. Pepe Cobo Fortuny, 39 +34 91 319 06 83 www.pepecobo.com A new space, but building on the work director Pepe Cobo did with the innovative gallery La Máquina Española during the 1980s. The international stable of largely familiar names includes Willie Doherty, John Baldessari, Pepe Espaliú and Julião Sarmento, but also look out for the work of the sevillano artists MP & MP Rosado. Oliva Arauna Barquillo, 29 +34 91 435 18 08 www.olivarauna.com A new venue for a gallery with a respected history, Oliva Arauna relocated to this central, street-level space in Chueca in 2004. Exhibitions of young and more established artists, predominantly but not exclusively Spanish, including Antoni Abad, Chema Alvargonzález and Alfredo Jaar. Look out for the work of Concha Prada. Carmen de la Guerra San Pedro, 6 +34 91 420 03 55 www.carmendelaguerra.com Rough and ready, this is more of a project space located in the heart of the old town. Shows young artists, but run on the proverbial shoestring. Carmen herself has been known to cook paella during openings, so be prepared for anything. The programme is erratic, but one interesting artist to watch for is London-based Carmen Blancoluna. Javier López Jose Marañón, 4 +34 91 593 21 84 www.galeriajavierlopez.com For a short time during the mid-1990s, López had a gallery in London above Karsten Schubert. The Madrid venue continues his interest in young and established international artists, and keeps faith with his London period, mixing big hitters with lesser-known names, including Liam Gillick, Peter Halley and Jane Simpson. Salvador Díaz Sánchez Bustillo, 7 +34 91 527 40 00 www.salvadordiaz.com Across the plaza from the Reina Sofía, this impressive gallery opened in 1999 and eschews big stars in favour of younger Spanish and international artists, with a bias towards installation and videowork. Other artist-recommended galleries and project spaces include: Raquel Ponce www.galeriaraquelponce.es , Espacio Mínimo www.espaciominimo.com , Blanca Soto www.galeriablancasoto.com , CREAE www.creae.es and La Reina 39. ARTREVIEW p 96-105 Pilgrimage AR Feb07 101 9/1/07 00:49:05 Warning : Unknown : The session id contains invalid characters, valid characters are only a-z, A-Z and 0-9 in Unknown on line 0 Warning : Unknown : Failed to write session data files . 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