2024

In Francesca Martí’s latest works, groups of her small Believers sculptures are gathered together around collaged images of large leaves. Painted in hues of copper, green, gold and brown, some of the figures hide in the shadows, others walk across the filigree paper surface of the leaves and some even seem to be carrying the gigantic leaves and petals in their hands. […]

New sculptures and installations by Francesca Marti’s will be exhibited from October 17 to 20 at Estampa 2024 in Madrid, in the stand of Gerhardt Braun Gallery.  Estampa contemporary art fair has been held in the autumn in Madrid for 31 years. Its primary scope of focus is the art market in Spain, with the formation and promotion of sustainable

Great Artists of Mallorca is a high-end publication currently being produced by Wiesbaden-based photographer Axel Ruske with editor and copywriter Lizzy Rautenberg. It will feature 40 artists who live and work in Mallorca, highlighting how the island is fast becoming one of the prominent contemporary art centres in Europe. After the book project is finalized in late 2024,

To coincide with the 19th edition of Contemporary Istanbul, Turkey’s premier contemporary art fair, Francesca Martí has been invited to install a series of her large-scale sculptures in the city. Supported by Cristina Latorre Sancho, Spain’s Ambassador to Türkiye, this year’s guest country programme at Contemporary Istanbul is spotlighting Spain, Spanish-speaking nations and Latin America. During the days

The Copper Transmissions exhibition by Francesca Martí at the Gerhardt Braun Gallery in Palma, presents the many facets of her work, including sculpture, photography, installation, performance and video.Standing at more than three metres tall, Martí’s monumental sculpture Venus in Copper (2022-2024) acts as a guardian angel. Cast in aluminium, the artist has tightly bound this large-scale, copper-coloured female figure in cord. Significantly, copper is one

«Face to Face» is a group exhibition with works by 12 contemporary artists at Gerhardt Braun Gallery Madrid, inviting the viewer to explore human connection and facial recognition. In a world where technology often mediates our interactions, this exhibition focuses on the importance of the gaze, expression and direct connection between people. The participating artists use a

On May 9, 2024, the XXI Fine Arts Prize of the ‘Xam’ Rotary Club Palma Ramon Llull was awarded to Francesca Martí at the Casal Solleric Museum in Palma de Mallorca. In the presence of the Mayor of Palma Jaime Martínez, the prize was officially presented to the artist by head of the Chamber of Commerce and art patron Sebastián Escarrer. The prize

Articles published in Spanish in Ultima Hora, May 8, 10 and 11, 2024, and in German in Mallorca Magazin, Thursday May 9, 2024, talking about Marti’s new video installations in La Soledad, «Exploring neighbourhood change, social inclusion and feelings of belonging through the faces of the migrant community.»

Francesca Martí’s ongoing Copper series explores many different aspects of contemporary life, several of which are highlighted in May in Palma at her presentation in the industrial spaces at the new Art & Design District.  Standing at more than three metres tall, Martí’s monumental sculpture Venus in Copper (2022-2024) is like a guardian angel. Cast in aluminium, the artist has tightly bound this large-scale, copper-coloured female figure

Francesca Martí’s Quondam installation is featured as part of a studio presentation at the Art & Design District in La Soledad neighborhood Palma de Mallorca, a new cultural complex established by Johann Nowak from DNA Galerie in Berlin.Projected onto a large satellite dish retrieved from the roof of the building where it is now temporarily installed, Martí’s Quondam video