The Kursaal of Donostia-San Sebastián is holding the fourth International Contemporary Photography and Video Fair, DFOTO.
From May 3 to 6, the Fundación Centro Ordóñez-Falcón de Fotografía (COFF) organizes the 4th International Contemporary Photography and Video Fair, DFOTO, at the Kursaal Centre in the Basque town of Donostia-San Sebastian.
For this fourth edition, the Fair has selected "41 of the most relevant and emerging international galleries" which represent the work of the most interesting authors in the current Photography and Video panorama.
DFOTO has become a must for anyone interested in image art and culture, and converted Donostia-San Sebastian into a reference in the world of image, promoting and generating a favourable atmosphere for private, institutional and corporate collectors.
Although many galleries have shown an interest in participating in DFOTO, this year 41 national and international galleries will therefore attend the Fair on invitation from the organisation: Adhoc (Vigo), Clairefontaine (Luxembourg), Estiarte (Madrid), Estrany de la Mota (Barcelona), Juan Silió (Santander), Filomena Soares (Lisbon, Portugal), Flatland Gallery (Utrecht, Holland), Fúcares (Madrid - Almagro), Gilles Peyroulet & Cie (Paris, France), Gimpel Fils (London, the UK), Kamel Mennour (Paris, France), La Fábrica Galería (Madrid), Les Filles du Calvaire (Paris), Mai 36 (Zurich, Switzerland), Max Estrella (Madrid), Moisés Pérez de Albéniz (Pamplona), Nogueras Blanchard (Barcelona), Galerie Paul Fréches (Paris, France), Palma XII (Villafranca del Penedés, Barcelona) Pedro Oliveira (Oporto, Portugal), ProjecteSD (Barcelona), Salvador Díaz (Madrid), Stefan Röpke (Madrid and Cologne, Germany), T20 (Murcia), Tomás March (Valencia), Toni Tápies (Barcelona), Visor (Valencia) and Vu’ La Galerie (Paris, France).
In this 4th year, 13 galleries will moreover attend the San Sebastian International Contemporary Photography and Video Fair for the first time: Akinci (Amsterdam, the Netherlands), Bacelos (Pontevedra), Carlos Carvalho (Lisbon, Portugal), Cubo Azul (León), Fidel Balaguer (Barcelona), Grita Insam (Vienna, Austria), Layr Wuestenhagen (Vienna, Austria), L.A. Lothar (Frankfurt, Germany), Oliva Arauna (Madrid), Pradilla (Madrid), Rubicon (Dublin, Ireland), Soskine (New York, the USA) and The Project (New York, the USA).
After the success and positive feedback of previous fairs, DFOTO will once again incorporate a photography bookshop, which will be run this year by Railowski, a forerunner among bookshops specialized in photography in Spain, and among the most prestigious in Europe.
A complete collector's programme will be carried out to attract dealers and convert Donostia-San Sebasián into a benchmark in the world of image by promoting and generating a favourable atmosphere for private, institutional and corporate collecting.