Now entering its fourteenth edition, Pinta Lima has become an established meeting point for the Peruvian contemporary-art scene and its international connections. The continuity gives returning visitors a chance to follow artists over time, including changes that may be less visible in a single isolated presentation.
The event used the name Pinta PArC from 2022 and Pinta Lima from 2025; older catalogues may therefore appear under its former title. See how the preceding edition was introduced in our Pinta Lima 2026 coverage. For a wider regional point of comparison, ZONAMACO 2027 in Mexico City combines contemporary art with other collecting fields. Lima’s gallery proposals provide a different, more locally anchored starting point for following the season.
Interesting Fact
A knot can change the meaning of a painted surface. At the fair’s 2024 edition, then known as Pinta PArC, Sharon Lerner curated a tribute to Jorge Eduardo Eielson that brought together four decades of his visual work. His Quipus, developed in relation to pre-Hispanic knotting techniques, appeared alongside earlier coastal landscapes and later series. Many of the loans came from private collections in Lima.
That breadth was the interesting decision. Showing the celebrated knots beside less familiar bodies of work allowed Eielson to emerge as an artist who changed over time. In our reading, the knot is a particularly compelling point at which an image becomes a physical event: tension and gathering take the place of a mark made with a brush. The 2024 tribute is historical context, rather than an announced project for 2027; it demonstrates the kind of concentrated artistic argument a fair can make.
