Bert van Zetten and Marcel and Jutta Huisman founded Villa del Arte Galleries in Barcelona in 1999. Their combined commitment and passion for art, together with a unique approach and willingness to exhibit some lesser-known artists, has contributed to an ever-changing contemporary collection of a consistently high standard.

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Over time Villa del Arte has developed into one of Catalonia’s leading contemporary art galleries. The gallery represents over 30 national and international, established and emerging painters, photographers and sculptors. In addition, in 2014 they inaugurated a new gallery in Amsterdam, which has provided them with greater capabilities to undertake exhibition projects. With this new space their international presence in the art scene has grown noticeably providing new opportunities and projects. And last year, in 2018, always eager to undertake new challenges and thanks to the confidence acquired, they opened a new gallery in Barcelona with the aim of expanding the exhibition space and generating new activities.

Apart from the individual and collective exhibitions held in the different gallery spaces, Villa del Arte also collaborates with other institutions, such as the Museu Diocesà in Barcelona, where they organized several successful exhibitions.

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In 2006, after concentrating their focus on Spain, Villa del Arte Galleries participated in their first international art fair. Following this success they have since continued their international trajectory with numerous exhibitions, boutique fairs and renowned art fairs such as Context Art Miami, Art Chicago, Art London, Art Stage Singapore, Art New York, FADA (Los Angeles), New Art Fair (France), Scope Basel, Asia Contemporary Art Show, Houston Fine Art Fair, Art Hamptons, Art Taipei, Art Palm Beach, LA Art Show, Contemporary Istanbul, India Art Fair and Art Toronto. This constant travelling provides beneficial opportunities by way of bringing exciting fresh international artists into their collection, whilst simultaneously gaining a close up view of new artistic directions that are then often reflected in the different exhibition spaces.

LAST EXHIBITIONS

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2019

4 October – 17 November

Mari Ito, A flor de piel, solo exhibition. Villa del Arte Barcelona.

21 June – 30 July

Joan Tarragó, MIND FLUX, solo exhibition. Villa del Arte Barcelona.

 

2018

27 May – 31 October

Skulpturale Krefeld 01, group exhibition. Josep Plandiura, Julio Nieto and Liechennay, in collaboration with Heitsch Gallery (Munich) at Golfclub Elfrather Mühle, Krefeld.

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2017

4 – 14 May

Martí Bofarull, Flying over Manhattan, solo exhibition. Villa del Arte Galleries at Cavalier Gallery, New York.

4 May – 31 August

Liechennay, solo exhibition. Villa del Arte Galleries at Traum Safe, New York.

10 July – 31 August

Group exhibition. Danny O’Connor, Edo Kaaij, Ekaterina Smirnova, Fernando Alday, Gil Bruvel, Joan Peris, Martí Bofarull, Montse Valdés and Tomàs Sunyol at Cavalier Gallery, New York.

 

2015

6 – 29 November

Frank E Hollywood, Then and Now, solo exhibition. Villa del Arte Amsterdam.

26 September – 1 November

Jean-François Rauzier, Hyper Amsterdam, solo exhibition. Villa del Arte Amsterdam.

2014
28 September – 26 October

Fernando Alday, Transitus, solo exhibition. Villa del Arte Amsterdam.

23 August – 23 September

Montse Valdés, Percepción, solo exhibition. Villa del Arte Amsterdam.

1 August – 1 September
Christiaan Lieverse, Mist, solo exhibition. Villa del Arte Barcelona.
20 June – 20 July

Fernando Alday, Transitus, solo exhibition. Villa del Arte Barcelona.

17 April - 31 May

Jean-François Rauzier, Longue histoire, solo exhibition. Villa del Arte Barcelona.

2013
December 2013 – January 2014
Montse Valdés, Percepción, solo exhibition. Villa del Arte Barcelona.
September – January
Julio Nieto, Metal Skin, solo exhibition. Villa del Arte Galleries at Museu Diocesà, Barcelona.
July – August
Christiaan Lieverse, Linen and Skin, solo exhibition. Villa del Arte Barcelona.
April – May
Ekaterina Smirnova, Atmosphere, solo exhibition. With the support of Spanish-Russian Chamber of Commerce. Villa del Arte Barcelona.
February-March
Fernando Adam, Present. Transit and Destination, solo exhibition. Villa del Arte Barcelona.

2012
December 2012 – January 2013
Serge Mendjisky, La Ville au Coeur, solo exhibition. Villa del Arte Barcelona.
October – November
Fernando Alday, Mapa interior, solo exhibition. Villa del Arte Barcelona.
June
Silence (Shhh…), group exhibition. Montse Valdés, Fernando Adam, Joan Peris and Fernando Alday, in collaboration with the association Art Catalunya. Villa del Arte Barcelona.
April – May
Montse Valdés Spring Show, solo exhibition. Villa del Arte Barcelona.
December 2011 – January 2012
Françoise Nielly, solo exhibition. Villa del Arte Barcelona.

2011
April – May
Claudia Meyer, solo exhibition. Villa del Arte Barcelona.
July – September
Jean-François Rauzier, Voyages Extraordinaires Barcelona, solo exhibition. Villa del Arte Galleries at Museu Diocesà, Barcelona.
December 2010 – January 2011
Françoise Nielly, Caras vivas, solo exhibition. Villa del Arte Barcelona.