LOOP Barcelona

Over a two-week period, the Loop Festival presents works of 800 artists to nearly 200,000 visitors in 100 different locations across Barcelona, such as, museums, restaurants and shops.

[citation needed] 44 galleries are annually invited by the Committee of the Loop fair, to present recent works of emerging and well-known artists to 4000 professionals, journalists, curators, and collectors.

To encourage collectors, LOOP'04 created a program of video art patronage, formed by a group of institutions and enterprises engaged in the acquisition of works presented at the fair.

2007 In its fifth edition, from May 23 to June 3, 180,000 visitors saw works from over 800 artists in 108 spaces, from institutions like the CCCB and the MACBA to restaurants and shops, presenting 66 curated programs, 20 universities and 20 international festivals.

The 43 galleries selected for the LOOP Fair presented their artists to 4,000 international professionals, journalists, curators, and collectors in Hotel Catalonia Ramblas.

In the conferences were involved the heads of major institutions in the sector, such as the MoMA, Tate Modern, the MNACRS, the Pompidou Centre and the ZKM.

During this edition the 16 principal collectives of Barcelona's residential immigrants were involved, and works from their countries of origin has been shown in 37 establishments.