Editorial – Issue 81
LOVE IS CREATION
JENNIFER GÓMEZ | Co-Founder The Guide Artists
February insists on speaking about love, but art has been doing so for centuries without softening it. Because love has never been only something beautiful. It is intensity, conflict, desire, loss. It is an experience that moves through the body and leaves marks, which is why it has been one of the most powerful forces in artistic creation.
Many of the images that now belong to art history were born from deep, complex, and often uncomfortable relationships. Love appears there as a creative impulse, but also as tension. As something that drives, transforms, and at times destabilizes. Not from a place of perfection, but from what is real.
Art has shown love through small gestures and emotionally charged scenes: bodies reaching for one another, gazes held in silence, presences that hurt even after they are gone. In that space, the intimate ceases to be private and becomes cultural. What we feel individually connects with shared experiences, with ways of relating that repeat themselves, shift, and evolve over time.
To speak about love in art is not to speak about romanticism, but about identity. About how we relate to others, to our bodies, and to desire. About what is shown, what is concealed, and what dares to be said. Love, like art, does not seek easy answers; it opens questions.
This issue celebrates love as an energy that refuses to settle, that breaks and that inspires. To love is not only to feel; it is to leave a trace, to exist within others, to turn the invisible into something we can see, touch, and remember.
FOR ART COLLECTORS WORLDWIDE
RAMÓN A.OLIVARES | Founder The Guide Artists
Dear artists, collectors, and art lovers,
Art Market is born as a natural extension of the editorial and curatorial vision of The Guide Artists, a perspective developed over the years through rigor, sensitivity, and a strong commitment to artistic excellence. This project emerges from the desire to create a space where both the artwork and the artist are truly at the center, free from unnecessary intermediaries and guided by deep respect for the creative process.
Art Market will come to light in March, marking the beginning of a new stage for The Guide Artists. It is not merely a sales platform, but a curated environment where each artist is presented with editorial criteria, each work is thoughtfully contextualized, and dialogue between creation, collection, and institutions takes place in a direct, clear, and transparent manner. Here, visibility is not an add-on, but a fundamental part of the project.
At The Guide Artists, we place our experience in editing, curation, and international communication at the service of artists. We support each work with projection and strategy, allowing creators to focus on what matters most: developing their work with freedom and ambition. Every publication, promotion, and opportunity is part of an approach designed to build strong, sustainable careers over the long term.
Art Market is also a statement of principles. An invitation to rethink the relationship between art and the market through quality, trust, and professionalism. We believe in a community where growth is shared, value is built with coherence, and art finds the space it deserves.
This marks a new chapter for The Guide Artists. A confident step toward a broader, more connected, and more conscious proposal.
Welcome to ArtMarket.
Welcome to a place where art finds real visibility.
Issue 81 / February 09, 2026 . Print Version
Featuring Edith Ruiz on the cover, this issue focuses on new artists and presents a carefully curated selection of talent found exclusively in The Guide Artists.
Issue 81 brings together standout projects, current perspectives, and selected works from the magazine’s editorial program.
A strong edition that reinforces the magazine as a platform for discovery, selection, and visibility, created for readers seeking to explore and collect art with clear editorial criteria.
