hARTmon Returns to Serrano 57 with its Third Edition

Madrid, 23 October 2025. Harmon presents the third edition of hARTmon, a project that explores, under the title “Interlocutor, ra”, the relationship between critical analysis of reality and contemporary artistic practice. In a context where the boundaries between disciplines and generations are becoming increasingly blurred, hARTmon champions permeability—understood not as fragility, but as progress. It consolidates itself as a platform for thought, action, and collective conversation. Here, art is positioned as an active interlocutor: a mediator between people, actions, concepts, and forms of activism.

As in previous editions, this new instalment takes as its starting point Harmon’s manifesto. Several of the firm’s consultants, together with Javier Aparicio—director of El Chico gallery and curator of the exhibition—initiated a process of critical dialogue around several of the manifesto’s statements: “We don’t just keep the seat warm”, “We challenge everything and everyone”, “We say what we think; we admit our mistakes”, “Successes and failures belong to the group.” Thus, hARTmon III is conceived not merely as an exhibition but as a genuine space for interlocution—a collective exercise in thinking, imagining, and acting upon reality. It stands as a vindication of contemporary creation as a voice that listens, responds, and connects; an interlocutor that bridges sensibilities, questions certainties, and proposes new ways of coexisting.

“In this new edition, the project strengthens its curatorial vision, bringing together mid-career and established artists alongside emerging voices to form a plural and robust panorama,” explains Aparicio.

The selection underscores Harmon’s commitment to supporting artistic research processes that, from both aesthetic and community perspectives, encourage reflection on the present and the activation of shared responsibility towards reality.

Participating artists in this edition include Bárbara Fonte (La Oficina), Leonor Serrano Rivas, Laure Prouvost and Pakui Hardware (Carlier Gebauer), Tom of Finland and Diana Larrea (Espacio Mínimo), Daniel Boccato and Ventura Profana (Formatocomodo), Suzanne Treister, Sahatsa Jauregi and Lúa Coderch (The Ryder), Rubén Ojeda Guzmán (Pradiauto), and Maya Pita-Romero and Estefanía B. Flores (El Chico). They are joined by artists Esther Merinero and Blanca Guerrero, reinforcing the idea of a collective project that crosses generations, languages, and approaches.

About Javier Aparicio

Javi (b. 1985, Mexico City) lives and works in Madrid. Trained in dramatic arts, he has developed his career in contemporary art as well as theatrical and film production. In Madrid, he was part of the Travesía Cuatro gallery, where he served as director and opened its Mexican branch in Guadalajara in 2013. He has worked on art, theatre, and film projects in Buenos Aires and was director of Art Projects Ibiza. He also worked as a consultant for KCM Fine Arts, a New York–based firm focusing on mid-career and emerging artists on the international scene. In January 2021, he opened El Chico in Madrid, a hybrid platform for emerging and mid-career Spanish artists.