Located in the Carabanchel district, this contemporary art gallery can boast of being the largest in Madrid, with 1,200 metres devoted to contemporary painting and other artistic disciplines. Run by the Madrid gallery owner, Fer Francés, the work of consolidated international artists can be discovered, as well as works by today’s most promising young creators.
The gallery occupies two former industrial warehouses in a street flanked by abandoned workshops and factories, close to Plaza Elíptica. One of the buildings used to be a printers and the other was a kitchen factory, whereby contemporary art has given them both a second life. In addition to the gallery, VETA has intervened in different areas within its sphere of influence, creating a dog park or commissioning several murals, among which “The Miracle” by Santiago Ydáñez stands out, a painting spanning more than 500 square metres.
Fer Francés has curated stands at national and international art fairs and has worked at leading galleries, such as the XL Gallery in Moscow, Tim Van Laere Gallery in Antwerp or David Zwirner. After having joined forces with Javier López at the Javier Lopez & Fer Francés Gallery, one of the most renowned galleries internationally for its innovative paintings, he founded Veta in 2021, his most personal project.
