Con suma sensibilidad: Espacios de exhibición y gestión de arte contemporáneo en Resistencia, Argentina

ARTÍCULO ORIGINAL. DOSSIER de Fuegia. Vol. VIII (1), año 2025.

Abstract

This article offers an overview of the exhibition and consumption spaces for contemporary art in Chaco throughout the 21st century. It is an exploratory study with a descriptive and analytical approach, addressing a topic rarely examined in academic research: the art market in Resistencia. The analysis aims to identify the specific features of cultural management in northeastern Argentina. Drawing on contributions in the social history of art, art market studies, and cultural policy research, the article pursues a dual objective: on the one hand, to map the circuit of galleries and contemporary art management spaces in Resistencia; on the other, to examine the dynamics of public and private art management in this city. To achieve this, the study analyzes the dynamics of institutionalization and professionalization of artists and cultural managers in northeastern Argentina. It explores connections between official institutional initiatives , alternative spaces for exhibition, exchange, and commercialization of art, public policies oriented toward contemporary art, and the role played by cultural agents and key figures over the last three decades.