For the second time, from March 18 to 22, 2026, the city of Panama will host Pinta Panamá Art Week, an event that continues to position the city as a key destination on the international art calendar. Over the course of five days, activities will focus on the local art scene, including visits to artists' studios, art exhibitions, and guided tours of galleries and museums. In addition to its focus on art, the event will help highlight Panama’s cultural potential, showcasing its tourist attractions and culinary offerings. A week to explore a city in the midst of a cultural boom.
The FORO of Pinta Panamá Art Week 2025, titled "Latin America: Collecting and Curating," served as a space for reflection on the contemporary art scenes of Central America and the Caribbean. Coordinated by Dr. Mónica E. Kupfer—curator, art historian, and critic—the FORO brought together experts and special guests to discuss the current challenges and opportunities facing art in the region.
The Cultural Program of Pinta Panamá Art Week is under the Artistic Direction of Irene Gelfman, Global Curator of Pinta, and the curation of Emiliano Valdés, a Guatemalan curator who was, for a decade, the Chief Curator of the Museum of Modern Art in Medellín, Colombia.
It also includes a FORO coordinated by Mónica E. Kúpfer, which stands out as a reflective space led by international guests on contemporary topics of the artistic practice in Central America.
Mercantil at Pinta Panamá Art Week: a public tour through its important Art Collection and its Auditorium as a key venue for the talk “The Current Art Market: Local and International Considerations,” part of the event’s International FORO.
Pinta Panamá Art Week offered a unique opportunity to dive into the rich history and local heritage of the city. The Casco Antiguo (Old Quarter) encompasses much of what was Panama's second city from 1673 to the early 20th century. These guided tours allowed visitors to experience its stories and many legends in a truly special way.
The Olga Sinclair Foundation and Fundación Pinta celebrated an unforgettable family morning at the City of the Arts. Together, we wrapped up a great week with a day full of fun for both kids and adults: a space filled with games, art, creativity, and special moments to share—while continuing to promote environments that strengthen culture and support young talent, embracing art as a key tool in their holistic development.
The second edition of MAC Popular 2025 was a special social event for all audiences where culture, art, gastronomy, and music came together to offer a new way of experiencing art.
More than just buses, the diablos rojos (red devils) were icons of the street—a moving universe of roaring horns, fast-paced cumbia, reggae, plena, neon lights, and an explosion of color that made these vehicles an unforgettable symbol of urban spirit. This vibrant festival marked the closing celebration of Pinta Panamá 2025.
What Every Life Dreams (Lo que sueña toda vida) was an exhibition project composed of various site-specific interventions and artistic actions created for the Ciudad de las Artes and its surroundings as part of Pinta Panamá Art Week 2025.
Invited to reflect on this context, a group of Panamanian artists and creators engaged in dialogue with the spatial, urban, and environmental characteristics of both the Ciudad de las Artes and Panama more broadly.
Participating artists: Felipe Gómez and Jonathan Harker, Programa Enlaces, Libertad Rojo, and Humberto Vélez.
By María Sancho-Arroyo
Despite its rich, diverse artistic production with deep historical roots, Panama's art market remains limited. With fewer than ten active galleries and no fully established art fair to date, the country’s artistic ecosystem is still in an early stage of development. However, creative energy is clearly present, and 2025 could mark a turning point.
Pinta Panamá Art Week makes its debut from May 21 to 25. Over five days, it will offer a public program filled with art activities, inviting attendees to explore a city undergoing a cultural boom. This first edition positions Panama City as a key destination on the international art and culture calendar.
Panama is preparing to become the epicenter of regional art with the first edition of Pinta Panama, May 21-25, 2025. At an effervescence moment for the local artistic ecosystem, the fair seeks to consolidate the Panamanian scene, promote the circulation of artists and create a meeting space for the artistic currents of Central and South America. Emiliano Valdes, general curator of the project, shares his vision of Panama's potential as a cultural connection point.
Artist Lorena Torres presents Nada es distinto (Nothing is Different), a series of paintings that explore personal emotions through a direct relationship between lived experience and gesture. The work functions as an intimate record, where painting operates more as testimony than as aesthetic object.
In the heart of Casco Antiguo, the Museum of Contemporary Art of Panama (MAC) embarks on a new chapter with the opening of its Sala Satélite, a space dedicated to showcasing projects developed from its Permanent Collection. The inaugural exhibition, La historia del MAC Panamá: obras, recuerdos y afectos (The Story of MAC Panamá: Works, Memories, and Affections), serves as a tribute, a reflection, and an exploration of the museum’s 60-year history.
Pinta is launching Panamá Art Week in 2025 –May 21 to 25–, an initiative created to foster the integration of the art scene and strengthen and consolidate best practices within the sector.
The Panama Pavilion at the 2024 Venice Art Biennale arises as a profound reflection on the enduring traces that migration leaves on individuals and their surroundings. Entitled Traces: On the Body and on the Land, this exhibition echoes the current migration crisis with a particular focus on the Panamanian context, interpreted by four artists through drawings, paintings, collages, glass sculptures, and installations.
CAF - Development Bank of Latin America and the Caribbean- and Pinta, the largest international Latin American art promotion platform, have formalized a strategic alliance with the purpose of strengthening and promoting Latin American and Latin American art worldwide. This collaboration will promote different actions including an outstanding Art Week that will be held in Panama in May 2025, as part of the Pinta´s cultural programs that seeks to position regional culture in the global field.
Since its inception, EFG has been defined by its entrepreneurial spirit, which has led it to become one of the leading financial institutions focused on private banking, with a presence in 40 countries around the world. This spirit permeates every area of the organization and aims to deliver creative and agile wealth solutions that foster long-lasting relationships.
EFG’s commitment to modern and contemporary Latin American art is a core part of its institutional identity. Combined with its entrepreneurial spirit, this commitment seeks to promote artists and art fairs from the region on a global scale.
EFG is proud to announce its support as the main sponsor of Pinta Panamá Art Week.
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