The Xunta grants 132,000 euros to art galleries for fairs outside Galicia

The General Directorate of Culture published in the Official Gazette of Galicia number 172, of September 10, 2026, the resolution granting subsidies to art galleries for their participation in art fairs and markets outside the Autonomous Community of Galicia. The resolution, signed on September 2, 2026, by the general director, Anxo Manuel Lorenzo Suárez, publicizes the full content of the granting resolution of September 1, 2026, which concludes the procedure.

The grants were called under the Order of April 21, 2026, published in the DOG number 82 of May 5, 2026, which establishes the regulatory bases and calls for the subsidies for the year 2026, under the procedure code CT215C. The granting is processed under a non-competitive regime, in accordance with the principles of publicity, transparency, equality, and non-discrimination.

Amount and financing

The total sum of the grants awarded amounts to 132,000 euros, which will be charged to the budgetary application 13.03.432B.770.0 (cp 2015 00374) of the general budgets of the Autonomous Community of Galicia for 2026. The grants are subject to the de minimis regime under the terms of Commission Regulation (EU) No. 2023/2831 of December 13, such that the total amount of de minimis aid granted to a single enterprise shall not exceed 300,000 euros during any previous three-year period.

Beneficiary galleries and amounts

The grants are awarded in order of entry of the applications in the electronic registry, provided that the requirements are met and subject to the existence of budgetary credit. The amounts vary between 4,000 and 16,000 euros per beneficiary:

• Arte Anaga, S.L. — Antik Almoneda — 4,000 €
• Pablo Pardo Sánchez — Just Mad — 4,000 €
• María Alba López Porto (Galería Neboa) — Investec-Cape Town and Arco Lisbon — 16,000 €
• María Luisa Pita Díaz (Galería Luisa Pita) — Investec Cape Town and Drawing Room Lisbon — 16,000 €
• Cristián Balsa Gavilanes (Art Cuestion) — Art 3f Monaco and Artexpo Algarve — 16,000 €
• Natasha Lelenco — Hybrid Art Fair and Swab Art Fair — 8,000 €
• Galeria Pm8, S.L. — Frieze London and Art Basel — 16,000 €
• Pereira y Arte, S.L. — Art Foto — 4,000 €
• MC Proxectos de Arte, S.L. (Galería Metro) — Ceramic Bruxelles and Art Madrid — 12,000 €
• M. Rodríguez y Cía., S.L. — Art Madrid — 4,000 €
• María Asunción Rodríguez Rodríguez (Galería Trinta) — Pinta Miami and Drawing Lisbon — 16,000 €
• María Jesús Villar Iglesias — Arco Madrid and Paris Photo — 12,000 €
• Galería Vilaseco, S.L. — Arco Arts Libris — 4,000 €

Processing and appeals

Subsidized galleries are required to provide supporting documentation according to article 15 of the call for applications and are subject to the obligations of article 11 of Law 9/2007, of June 13, on subsidies in Galicia. The publication of this resolution on the official website of the Ministry of Culture, Language and Youth (www.cultura.gal) replaces personal notification and produces the same effects.

Against the resolution, which exhausts the administrative route, an appeal for reversal may be filed before the same body within one month, or a contentious-administrative appeal may be filed before the High Court of Justice of Galicia within two months of its notification.

This grant represents a direct boost to the internationalization of the Galician visual arts sector, by allowing galleries from the community to present themselves at reference fairs such as Arco Madrid, Art Basel, Frieze London, or Paris Photo, expanding the external projection of Galician artistic creation.

Source: Official Gazette of Galicia, no. 172, September 10, 2026, section III (Other provisions), pp. 48444-48448 (official reference: CVE-DOG xntqsib8-gtv3-1kn7-kfw8-g20balnqcc30).