The writer and journalist Pepe Ribas, for his curation of the exhibition Underground and Counterculture in the Catalonia of the 70s, at the Palau Robert; Mari Chordà, as the best artist established by a pioneering feminist artist in Mayoral, and the collector Tatxo Benet, who plans to open the museum of forbidden art in the Casa Garriga Nogués in the autumn, are some of the winners of the GAC awards annually the Catalan gallerists.
The XV Nit del Galerisme, which after two years of pandemic has regained its presence this Tuesday with a party in the Macba atrium, has also paid tribute to the gallery owner Joan Gaspar i Farreras who died two years ago and to the photographer Manel Esclusa (Vic, 1952), to whom he awarded the Honorary Award-Fundació Banc Sabadell in recognition of their career.
The jury, chaired by art critic Pilar Parcerisas, which also included critic Juan Bufill, curator Natalia Chocarro, curator Àlex Mitrani and artist Gino Rubert, also recognized Esther Montoriol as the best gallery program and Univers Calsina, curated by Sergio Fuentes Milà, was distinguished as the best historical exhibition presented in 2021. The prize for the mid-career artist went to Guillermo Plaff (Over Easy, in Carles Taché), Conxita Oliver won the Critics’ Award and Bon Art of the media. Finally, the DKV to the emerging artist fell to Claudia Pagès, out of disdain. tris-tras, twist, fault, presented at Àngels Barcelona.
