Carles Congost takes centre stage at ARCOmadrid's closing party, held in the Museo Reina Sofía

At the centre of ARCOmadrid 2026’s closing party, held in the Museo Reina Sofía once again, is Carles Congost (Olot, Girona, 1970), a visual artist whose work is part of Collection. Contemporary Art: 1975–Present, the new presentation of the Museo Reina Sofía Collections recently unveiled on Floor 4 of the Sabatini Building. Congost will play a DJ set alongside some of his works in the Museo’s Cloister, on Floor 1 of the Sabatini Building, on the Saturday night of 7 March.  

Carles Congost (Olot, Girona, 1970) is a visual artist who employs different visual and sound processes such as video, photography, drawing and installation to build narratives which ironically and sensually reflect on the forging of identity, consumer habits and art-making. Congost has participated in myriad exhibitions in Spain and internationally, and, from the late 1990s and in parallel to his artistic practice, he has worked in musical composition and production under the alias The Congosound.   

Collection. Contemporary Art: 1975–Present

The new presentation of the Museo Reina Sofía Collections has been open to visitors since 18 February this year on Floor 4 of the Sabatini Building, a rehang which spans fifty years of Spanish art history, from the Transition to democracy to the present day via three exhibition routes. By way of a selection of 403 works by 224 artists, this fresh narrative seeks to place the stress on the contribution of Spanish contemporary art. 

More information in the full press realease. 

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