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In 1982, IFEMA commissioned Juana de Aizpuru<\/em>, thereafter Juana de Arco<\/em>, to launch the first edition of ARCO<\/strong>, the international contemporary art fair in Madrid. The first edition was inaugurated in February 1983 in a two-story building at the end of Paseo de la Castellana, past Plaza de Castilla, which was later demolished to erect a new building. I was lucky enough to participate in that first edition, which was very different from the current ones. Initially, far fewer galleries participated and the public was also smaller, not to mention sales that were practically nil.<\/p>\n

The first two editions, as I said before, took place in the Paseo de la Castellana building and without a doubt, were quite neglected for all the participating galleries, which were still very few. People in Spain were not used to art fairs. I remember one year, I think it was the second, that Juana de Aizpuru<\/em> came to our booth and asked me if we had a red dot, wow she had sold !! I told her that I had little faith, that how could she go to an art fair without red dots, but she, who was very smart told me: look dear, the red dots, in this fair, with one bringing them for the whole building is enough.<\/em> And, unfortunately, she was right.<\/p>\n

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Uno de los mejores regalos que me ha dado la vida fue que se cruzase en mi camino Chus Roig. Llevamos casi 30 a\u00f1os trabajando juntos y cada d\u00eda agradezco a Dios y al destino este regalo. Aunque suene a t\u00f3pico, es una magn\u00edfica persona, una gran amiga, una persona sensata y prudente y una gigantesca profesional que acaba de ser reconocidacon el Premio a la Mejor Galerista en los premios GGAC2020. El sector reconoce tu val\u00eda y mereces este premio y todos los aplausos del mundo. Chus te queremos. Nota: foto tomada hace a\u00f1os, tras cerrar Chus una singular venta en Arco cuando ya est\u00e1bamos embalando y march\u00e1ndonos.<\/a><\/p>\n

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