The fair’s Main Section is composed of a carefully curated selection of galleries from different cities around the world, chosen for the quality and innovation of their proposals, highlighting the diversity and excellence of Latin American artistic production.
Porous Systems brings together artistic practices that operate through permeability and process rather than fixed positions. The section focuses on artworks that absorb and transform their surroundings, moving across material, emotional, ecological, and technological registers.
The NEXT section continues to focus on young galleries and emerging artists. Moving away from the rhetoric of “discovery,” NEXT proposes a critical reading of the “emerging” as a category, delving into both the working structures of the galleries themselves and the practices of their artists.
This year’s focus is on emerging talent and experimentation. The space—traditionally dedicated to tributes and exhibitions by established artists—is transformed to spotlight emerging artists selected from participating galleries. The curators, Florencia Portocarrero and Irene Gelfman, aim to present a fresh proposal that reflects new perspectives and contemporary practices within the fair.
Fundación Pinta, the Henrique Faría Gallery, and the Estate of Carlos Runcie Tanaka present the Special Project dedicated to Carlos Runcie Tanaka (Lima, 1958–2025), an artist whose explorations in ceramics—engaging with pre-Hispanic traditions and the language of installation—stand as a fundamental reference in the history of Peruvian and Latin American art.
This edition of the Video Project brings together seven works by three Latin American artists who, through video art, examine the roles and stereotypes constructed by the apparatus of mass media, popular culture, and systems of power and inequality. They reveal how the place and role assigned to women, immigrants, and the idea of Peruvian identity are far from neutral.
Pinta Lima promotes a series of awards and acquisitions that recognize the excellence and commitment of artists and galleries to contemporary practices. These initiatives aim not only to highlight outstanding works and projects within the fair, but also to create concrete opportunities for visibility, circulation, and international projection. They also acknowledge curatorial quality and stand presentation, valuing the integral work of participating galleries.
