Madrid, June 20, 2022.- A&G has launched the 2nd Edition of the A&G Art Prize. Following the success of the first edition, in which more than 100 applications were received, A&G is launching this second call for the Prize, whose main objective is to promote the production and dissemination of the work of emerging Spanish artists. This edition will once again have the collaboration of Arte Global, a firm specialized in international art consulting, dedicated to art collecting and cultural management projects. Alberto Rodríguez-Fraile, president of A&G, points out: “With this initiative we aim to reinforce our commitment to culture and offer support to emerging artists, giving them the opportunity to promote their works, which means recognition and prestige for their work. We are aware that support in these initial stages is essential to help them prosper as artists.”
The A&G Prize will select 1 winner and 5 finalists, whose works will be exhibited for one year, with the option of being sold to the public, at the A&G headquarters at Paseo de la Castellana 92 (Madrid), on the floor dedicated to client meeting rooms. This award also entails a cash prize of €6,000 for the winning work.
Those interested, who can consult the terms and conditions of the Prize at www.ayg.es/rsc/, have until 18 July to send their applications, while the jury's decision will be made on 12 September. The award is decided by a jury made up of 11 people related to the art world in different areas.
The winner of the first prize will have a total of 3 rooms to exhibit the prize-winning work and 2 more works that A&G will choose after the jury's decision. The 5 finalists will have 2 exhibition rooms each, one for the finalist work and another for another work of theirs that A&G will jointly choose.
In the 2021 call for entries, A&G received more than 100 applications. The artist awarded the A&G Art Prize in the first edition was Maíllo, a graduate in Fine Arts from the Complutense University of Madrid and whose work, exhibited in various art centres and museums, is part of different public and private collections such as the ICO Foundation, the Honda Contemporary Painting Collection, the Lázaro Collection, among others. His works, together with those of the five finalists (Pablo Mercado, Federico Miró, Elvira Amor, Álvaro Borobio and Cristina Gamón) have been on display for a year at the A&G headquarters.