The full title of this article by Arte al día is “Pinta Panama Art Week 2026 reaffirms the country as a hub for regional contemporary art.” Pinta Panama Art Week 2026 takes place from March 18 to 22, 2026, in events across Panama City, Panama. This includes free, public programming including exhibitions, tours, talks, film screenings, music, and cultural experiences.
From March 18 to 22, 2026, the second edition of Pinta Panama Art Week 2026 will take place. Following its first edition in 2025, which attracted more than 2,200 visitors and brought together over 30 events across the city—with more than 20 participating galleries, institutions, and art spaces, as well as four FORO talks featuring international guests—the Art Week returns with an expanded and specially curated agenda. Under the artistic direction of Irene Gelfman, the event deepens its conceptual axis: Panama as a territory of connection, a space where Central American artistic practices converge and where bridges between the north and the south of the continent are articulated.
With the support of EFG Private Wealth as Global Sponsor and the backing of the Ministry of Culture, the event will activate, over five consecutive days, a public and free program including exhibitions, tours, talks, film screenings, music, and cultural and touristic experiences.
“The growth of the event responds to a long-term vision aimed at strengthening local scenes, generating international networks, and supporting the sustainable development of the region’s artistic ecosystem,” said Diego Costa Peuser, Global Director of Pinta. According to María Eugenia Herrera, Minister of Culture: “Pinta Panama Art Week strengthens the country brand and places us within a cycle of international exhibitions, positioning us as a cultural and artistic meeting point for the region.”
Central Exhibition and Curatorial Program
One of the highlights of the 2026 edition will be the central exhibition at Ciudad de las Artes. Conceived as a space of convergence between artists from different latitudes and the Panamanian scene, it will be curated by Gelfman and will bring together textile works and a video art section, in addition to performance actions by various artists during the opening, which will take place on Wednesday, March 18, officially launching Pinta Panama Art Week.
The curatorial agenda expands into a circuit of galleries, museums, and institutions, with openings and exhibitions reflecting the diversity of the local artistic ecosystem. Participating galleries include ArteConsult, Diablo Rosso, NG Art Gallery, Yaco Art, and Mateo Sariel, among others; as well as institutions such as Fundación Los Carbonell, Museo del Canal, MAC Panamá (Museum of Contemporary Art of Panama), Museo de la Mola, and Casa Santa Ana, among others. [. . .]
A guided tour will take place on Saturday, March 21, along Calle C – Distrito Creativo, an open-air gallery in Santa Ana, Panama. This project of urban and cultural revitalization recovers public spaces and strengthens the neighborhood’s identity and community through art.
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[Shown above: Giselle Del Carmen Ávila de Díaz’s “Bosque I”. Courtesy of ART5 Gallery.]
The full title of this article by Arte al día is “Pinta Panama Art Week 2026 reaffirms the country as a hub for regional contemporary art.” Pinta Panama Art Week 2026 takes place from March 18 to 22, 2026, in events across Panama City, Panama. This includes free, public programming including exhibitions, tours, talks, film screenings, music,
