Where This Began
Mallorca Art grew out of a simple frustration. When serious collectors arrived on the island, many of them building significant second homes, investing in renovation, thinking carefully about which artists to live alongside, there was no reliable, independent resource to help them navigate the scene. What existed was either too promotional, too touristic, or too thin on substance.
The publication was founded to fill that gap. Not as a listings service, not as a gallery directory, but as an editorial perspective, one grounded in direct experience of the market, the galleries, the artists, and the collectors who make Mallorca's art scene function.
We write about what we know from being here: studio visits arranged, gallery directors spoken with at length, acquisitions discussed with the collectors who made them. The result is a resource that treats its readers as serious people, capable of making their own decisions, once they have honest information.
"There is no useful criticism of a market you haven't spent time inside. We write from the inside."
The Founder
Jans Bock-Schroeder
Publisher & Collector
Jans Bock-Schroeder has spent more than two decades at the intersection of contemporary art, publishing, and European cultural life. Based between Paris and Mallorca, he has advised collectors across the continent on building site-specific collections, particularly in Mediterranean contexts where the relationship between architecture, light, and art demands more careful thinking than most acquisition guides acknowledge.
His own collection focuses on large-format photography and minimalist sculpture, developed over years of studio relationships, gallery attendance, and the kind of slow accumulation that distinguishes a collection from a purchase history. He has written on collector culture, gallery economics, and the aesthetic logic of living with contemporary art for a range of European publications.
Mallorca Art is, in many respects, the publication he wished had existed when he first arrived on the island and began to understand what was genuinely happening here, beneath the surface of tourist culture and villa marketing, in terms of serious creative and commercial activity.
What We Cover
The publication covers Mallorca's contemporary art scene in its fullest sense, not just the galleries, but the ecosystem that surrounds and sustains them: the collectors, the institutions, the designers, the hotels, and the slow cultural accumulation that has made the island a genuinely compelling place to engage with art.
- — Gallery Reviews & Profiles, In-depth assessments of what each gallery offers, who collects there, and how its programme fits into the wider scene.
- — Buying Guides & Market Analysis, Honest, independent guidance on acquisition strategy, price orientation, and the dynamics that shape what sells and what doesn't.
- — Artist Features & Studio Visits, Extended profiles of artists working on the island, written from direct access rather than press releases.
- — Collector Perspectives, Conversations with serious collectors about how they discovered Mallorca, what they have acquired, and how their approach has developed over time.
- — Institutional Coverage, Reporting on Es Baluard, Fundació Miró, CCA Andratx, and the broader museum ecosystem that gives the commercial scene its intellectual grounding.
- — Photography Market, Dedicated focus on Mallorca's fastest-growing art category, the artists making large-format work for Mediterranean interiors, and the collectors acquiring it.
Editorial Values
These are not aspirations, they are the specific commitments that shape every piece we publish.
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Independence Above All
We accept no payment from galleries, artists, or dealers in exchange for coverage. We are not a promotional vehicle. Our assessments are formed by direct experience and editorial judgment, not by commercial relationships. When we recommend a gallery, we mean it.
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Specificity Over Generality
Vague enthusiasm is useless to a collector trying to make a decision. We write in detail, about specific artists, specific price points, specific galleries, specific works. If a piece of information is not useful, it does not appear in our writing.
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Honesty About the Market
Not every gallery is excellent. Not every artist is worth collecting. Not every acquisition will hold its value. We write about the Mallorca art scene as it actually is, with its genuine strengths and its real limitations, because that is what a serious collector needs to know.
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Respect for the Reader's Intelligence
Our readers are not beginners who need to be told what art is. They are thoughtful people navigating a specific market and wanting better information than they can find elsewhere. We write accordingly, with precision, without condescension, and without unnecessary simplification.
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Long-Term Perspective
We are not interested in trend-chasing or seasonal hype. The Mallorca art scene rewards patience, and so does good collecting. We write about artists and galleries we believe will still matter in ten years, and we are willing to say so, in print, under our name.
What We Are Not
Clarity about scope is as important as clarity about purpose. Mallorca Art is not a gallery directory, listings change too quickly and are too easily out of date to be useful in that form. We are not an auction platform, a brokerage, or an advisory service offering personalised acquisition guidance for a fee. We do not authenticate works, value collections, or act as an intermediary between buyers and sellers.
We are writers and observers, people who spend serious time in the scene and report on it honestly, for an audience that wants to engage with the island's art world at the level it deserves.
What We Believe
Art Is for Living With
The best collecting decisions are made by people who care how a work changes a room, not only what it might be worth in five years.
Relationships Matter
Gallery directors, artists, and fellow collectors are not transactional resources. They are the scene itself. Treating them accordingly unlocks everything.
Mallorca Is Serious
The island's art market is not decoration. It is a functioning, international, institutionally grounded scene that deserves to be written about as such.
Light Shapes Everything
The Mediterranean light is not a romantic cliché. It is a physical fact that changes how art looks, how collectors feel, and what kinds of work belong here.
Slow Is Better
The collectors who build the most meaningful collections in Mallorca are those who return season after season, looking carefully, building slowly, buying with intention.
Taste Can Be Cultivated
No one arrives knowing what to buy. Taste develops through looking, reading, conversation, and time. Good editorial writing accelerates that process.
Get in Touch
For editorial enquiries, gallery submissions, collector introductions, or press correspondence, we read everything sent to the address below.