The gallery association Art Palma Contemporani will kick off Art Palma Summer this Thursday. Among the participants are these two Germans.
An Evening of Art: Art Palma Summer Opens This Thursday. The opening of Art Palma Summer this Thursday offers an excellent opportunity to discover the island’s vibrant gallery scene. From 6 pm to 10 pm, almost 30 exhibition venues will open their doors to visitors.
More than 100 artists invite the public to explore works that reflect an internationally oriented contemporary art scene. In addition to Palma, galleries in Andratx, Pollença and Santanyí are participating, as well as Hauser & Wirth on Illa del Rei off Menorca. Many of the exhibitions will remain open throughout the summer.
Organised by the gallery association Art Palma Contemporani (APC), the event serves as the summer highlight of the island’s art calendar, bridging the Art Palma Brunch in spring and the Nit de l’Art at the end of September. Admission is free and the event is aimed not only at collectors and art professionals but at anyone interested in contemporary art.
This year, alongside Galería Kant, Anja Maria Wolf and her a66Gallery in Santanyí are participating for the first time. The Dortmund-born gallery owner already launched her new exhibition, Fragile Harmony, featuring works by South Korean artists Hyeon O and Jaewon Kim, with a preview on Wednesday, 3 June, the town’s traditional market day.
The gallery will remain closed on Thursday and Friday, as Wolf herself will be visiting exhibitions in Palma. On Saturday, 6 June, visitors can attend the gallery from 10 am to 2 pm. On Sunday, 7 June, the gallery association will organise a guided tour of the exhibitions at Casa de Cultura Ses Cases Noves in Santanyí, followed by a visit to a66Gallery, where Seoul-born artist Jaewon Kim, now based in Hamburg, will be present. Registration is free via Eventbrite.
Although Wolf only opened her gallery in April 2024 in a restored farmhouse on Carrer de Cas Majoral in Santanyí, she has already established herself within Mallorca’s art scene and is now a member of Art Palma Contemporani.
“Nationality does not play a decisive role from my perspective. The association brings together very different galleries—established and emerging ones alike, with diverse programmes and backgrounds. What unites us is our shared understanding of contemporary art,” says Wolf.
“From the very beginning, I felt that APC and I shared similar values. I am interested in art not as decoration, lifestyle, or part of a beautiful staging, but as a serious artistic practice, with a clear position and a coherent artistic development.”
She supports many young talents and sometimes feels almost like an artistic mother to them.
In Fragile Harmony, she brought together the two South Korean artists “because, fundamentally, they are talking about the same thing in their work.”
Hyeon O approaches today’s world from the inside out, expressing her inner states, fears and reactions to an increasingly fast-paced, performance-driven society. Jaewon Kim works in the opposite direction, observing the external world. His contribution to the exhibition focuses on the decline of bee populations.
Meanwhile, Palma’s Aba Art Gallery will present Nothingness by German artist Anke Blaue in Project Room 41 during Art Palma Summer on Thursday from 6 pm to 10 pm.
Born in Schleswig in northern Germany, Blaue explores silence, reduction and materiality in her work. At the centre of many of her pieces is antique linen, which serves not only as a support but becomes an essential part of the artwork itself. Colour, texture, light and delicate linear structures enter into dialogue with one another.
Her art is minimalist, concentrated and contemplative. In her exhibition at the gallery on Porta de Santa Catalina, visitors are invited to slow down their gaze and discover a particular depth within apparent emptiness.
A further 48 exhibitions await art enthusiasts from Thursday onwards. The full Art Palma Summer programme can be found at the Art Palma Contemporani website.
By Alexandra Bosse – Mallorca Zeitung