MADRID.- During the meeting held on October 4th and 5th last, the ARCOmadrid Organising Committee selected a total of 141 galleries for its General Programme and ARCO 40. These will be joined by a further 38 galleries who will be featuring in the various curated sections—Focus Russia, Solo Projects: Focus Latin America, and Opening: New European Galleries. On Thursday November 18th, following the meeting of the Appeal Committee scheduled for the beginning of the month at which the list will be finalised, IFEMA will hold a press conference to present the galleries exhibiting at the fair’s 30th edition, taking place in Madrid from February 16th to 20th 2011. The most notable new feature for the upcoming edition is the reduction in the number of galleries taking part, with the idea of creating a more compact event suited to the current moment in time, while at once creating a space more conducive to exchange and profe