COCO in LA!

Girl on Couch, 2020
oil on linen
Darian Mederos

Miami, FL - January 23, 2020 - The 25th Annual LA Art Show, the most comprehensive international art show in America, will officially kick-off the city's art season at the Los Angeles Convention Center February 5, 2020. This year will be the largest lineup of art and programming in the city's history, with the LA Art Show Leading the way.

Conde Contemporary, a Coral Gables based art gallery specializing in representational works has been selected to participate. Conde Contemporary shows works by international artists but maintains its Miami focus. "We have an international program but actively seek to represent local artists, of the 16 artists we work with regularly, 11 are based here in Miami", says gallery director Stacy Conde, "We're delighted to expand their audience and show them again this year in LA." 


Six Views of The Sea, 2020
acrylic on canvas
Kevin Sloan

Conde, and by extension the gallery, champions artists with strong technique. "Imagination is half the battle, getting what you imagine out of your head and sharing it with the rest of the world through visual art, in whatever form that takes, is the other half. The visual should stand alone in my opinion, the artist's statement should add to the experience, but if the visual expression is so lacking that one must read a book to understand what is before them, then the visual communication between artist and viewer has failed."



"Our artists possess a high level of technical skill across their chosen disciplines and styles, their ability to execute their visions are strong", she continued, "There's been a movement toward representational art for some time now. 'The Comedian' by Maurizio Cattalan this year at Art Basel was the art world's very own 'Mili Vanilli' moment. If he was speaking on the rampant absurdity in contemporary art, he succeeded brilliantly."



Conde Contemporary will highlight painting and sculpture by : Françoise de Felice, Darian Mederos, Ernesto Capdevila, Cesar Orrico, Kevin Sloan, Ruben Torres Llorca, Andres Conde, José Bedia, Pablo Santibáñez Servat, and Adrian Avila.

Visit the Conde Contemporary Booth, 1109/1208. The LA Art Show runs from February 5th - February 9th.

From The Series : Landscapes of the Mind
oil on canvas
Luis Enrique Toledo del Rio

COCO at Context

Conde Contemporary

Booth C-113

Join Us!

Conde Contemporary, AKA COCO, is delighted to announce its participation in CONTEXT / Art Miami this season at the spectacular new location One Herald Plaza, NE 14th St and Biscayne Bay, in Booth C - 113.

Conde Contemporary, the gallery known for figurative work and a focus on contemporary Cuban art is growing, in both size and scope. "While my love of Cuban art will never die, neither will it blind me to appreciation of work from different points of origin", explains COCO Director, Stacy Conde.

Currently their roster of artists hail from Italy, Eastern Europe, South / Central America and of course, Cuba.  With the addition of a second location in the legendary former Versace store on South beach at 755 Washington Avenue, she has plenty of room to show them. "The two locations, Coral Gables and South Beach, are both in Miami but they could not be further apart in terms of markets.  We're exposing our artists to a completely different clientele in Miami Beach.  One is not better than the other, they're just distinct", says Conde.

This year at CONTEXT / Art Miami, COCO plans to exhibit : Luis Enrique Toledo del Rio, Darian Rodriguez Mederos, José Bedia, Luis Rodriguez Noa, Alexandra Slava Sevostianova, and Leonid Rotar. 

"We're very excited about the fair this year. Julian Navarro has once again done a remarkable job in choosing the participating galleries, we find ourselves among a very strong group.  Further, the new location of CONTEXT and Art Miami could not be better in terms of access and parking."