From June 9 to July 25, the International Festival of Photography and Visual Arts will be showcasing creations by 372 artists

Like previous years, the thirteenth edition of the International Festival of Photography and Visual Arts (PHotoEspaña) will be staged in dozens of museums, art galleries and cultural spaces in Madrid. All venues will showcase art created by hundreds of artists in a total of 69 exhibitions, 31 of which are included in the Official Section, with 'time' as the common subject matter.

Galleries, collectors and other contemporary art players will be travelling from all over the world to Madrid, the capital of Spain, for ARCOmadrid_ 2010, the International Contemporary Art Fair, from February 17th through 21st. Given its growing influence, this annual fair is one of the world's major art market events and turns Madrid into an exciting world capital for contemporary art.

The most noteworthy new introduction at the upcoming edition of the art fair is the focus on Los Angeles, one of the world's epicentres for art right now, as the fair's special invited guest. In its PANORAMA program ARCOmadrid_ 2010 is inviting a city, instead of a country as was the case before, and L.A. was chosen for the dynamic creative diversity that has earned it a place at the top of the art market ranking. This is the beginning of a number of editions of the fair that will bring to Madrid the very best of what's happening in contemporary art worldwide, focusing not only on countries as it has done up until now, but also on major regions or urban centres in a globalised world that is increasingly more diverse and plural, overstepping national boundaries.