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Buenos Aires is a city known for its many artistic expressions, from the great variety of sculptures and monuments, to its streets and corners that surprise us with poetic murals and symbolisms. As an enthusiastic admirer or art collector, you will find prestigious art galleries and museums where you can observe Argentine and foreign artists' works.
The city offers approximately 129 public and private museums. Among the national museums rivaling international museums is the Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes (National Museum of Beautiful Arts), free to the public. During 2001, the Museo de Arte Latinoamericano de Buenos Aires (MALBA) was inaugurated, in which an major permanent exposition of contemporary Latin American art is offered in a spacious and modern environment, designed especially for that purpose.
The national museums of Bellas Artes (Beautiful Arts), Arte Decorativo (Decorative Arts), those of Isaac Fernández Blanco, representing those from the Arte Hispanoamericano, those of the Arte Moderno and of the Artes Plásticas, such as Eduardo Sívori as well as those from the Salas Nacionales de Cultura and the Centro Cultural Borges, among others, often display the variety of samplings available in Buenos Aires. The cultural centers of General San Martín, Recoleta and Ricardo Rojas are key elements to exhibiting national and international art.
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Enrique Larreta Museum of Spanish Art
This museum is the only one that exhibits Spanish art in Argentina and its building was the modern writer Enrique Larreta's home (1873-1961). In its neocolonial architecture that is exhibited there, valuable carvings, paintings, furniture, ceramics and other objects from the XII and XX century are present. The building is surrounded by a Spanish-Muslim garden.
Address: Av. Juramento 2291.
Area: Belgrano
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Fernández Blanco Museum of Hispanic American Art
Located in the neighborhood of Retiro, it is located in the Noel Palace . It contains one of the most important public collections of colonial silver in Latin America regarding religious and civil nature. Among many other collections, it also exhibits a pinacateca that spans the colonial period, especially in the XVIII period, until it enters the independent period.
Address: Suipacha 1422.
Area: Retiro
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Buenos Aires Latin American Art Museum - Costantini Collection (MALBA)
The MALBA's foundation wealth is in its 228 works from the Costantini Collection. Among them, there are archetype pieces from Frida Kahlo, Wilfredo Lam, Roberto Matta, Diego Rivera, Joaquín Torres García, Antonio Berni, Emiliano Di Cavalcanti, Jorge de la Vega, Tarsila do Amaral, Pedro Figari, Lygia Clark, Helio Oiticica, Guillermo Kuitca and José Bedia Valdés, among others. They also hold seasonal exhibitions, theaters and conferences.
Address: Figueroa Alcorta 3415. Area: Palermo
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Buenos Aires Museum of Modern Art
This museum contains works from various contemporary Argentine artists in plastic arts between 1940 and 1960. It has two locations - the main one in San Telmo and the other in the Teatro Municipal General San Martin building.
Av. San Juan 350.
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José Hernández Museum of Popular Art
This museum represents historical and contemporary artisans, representations of Creole traditions and aborigine communities of Argentina . It preserves examples of pottery, leather, vegetable fiber, wood, horn and bone, pumpkin, imagery, masks as well as weavings. |
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Eduardo Sívori Museum of Plastic Arts
Specializing in Argentine art, it is the home of a vast collection of paintings, engravings, drawings and upholstery, with more than 4200 pieces. Within the collection, there are works from Lino Enea Spilimbergo, Carlos Morel, Libero Badji, Antonio Berni, Emilio Pettoruti, among others; there is a closed patio of sculptures and an important specialized library.
Address: Av. Infanta Isabel 555. Area: Palermo |
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Beautiful Arts Museum on the Open Air Road (Caminito) Caminito was the first pedestrian street of its kind in the world. Its name is in honor of the musician Juan de Dios Filiberto, author of homonym tango music. It is a museum in the open air with sculptures, stone murals, cement and ceramic with the natural and scenic mark of the colored forest houses. Works are displayed such as the Clavel del aire (air Carnation), Santos Vega and Juan de Dios Filiberto, Luis Perlotti and Fragata Sarmiento as well as Angel Ibarra Garcia, among others.
Address: Caminito Passage between Magallanes and Lamadrid.
Area: La Boca |
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La Boca Quinquela Martin Beautiful Arts Museum
The building where this museum stands was recently remodeled. It is located on the land donated by Quinquela Martin, in front of the Riachuelo, in the Vuelta de Rocha. Its wide terraces and different levels host paintings, sculptures and engravings of the collection of more than 1,000 pieces, including a collection of plastic artwork. One of the showrooms exhibits masks from schooners, sloops, vapors and famous ships.
Address: Pedro de Mendoza 1835.
Area: La Boca |
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Ernesto de La Cárcova Museum of Tracings and Comparative Sculptures Inaugurated in 1928, it exhibits tracings of works of Sumerian representatives up to the Renaissance, both in relieves as in mass sculptures. Its is unique in the fact that the copies have been directly made from the original molds.
Address: Av. España 1701.
Area: La Boca |
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National Museum of Decorative Art
In one of the buildings of great architectural wealth in the City is the National Museum of Decorative Art. Located in the mansion owned by the Errazuris-Alvear family, it contains different showrooms, created by the most prestigious European decorators: the Renaissance Hall, the Luis XIV dining room, the Regency Dance Hall , the Luis XVI Room and the Study. The museum contains works from El Greco, Gragonard, Corot, Manet, Boudin and Fantin Latour. It hosts a collection of more than 4000 pieces. It is also home to expositions, conferences, workshops, courses and guided visits.
Address: Av. del Libertador 1902.
Area:Recoleta |
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National Museum of Beautiful Arts
It was inaugurated on December 25, 1896. It contains international and Argentine works with such artists including Tiépolo, Greco, Goya, Rodin, Manet, Monet, Van Gogh, Degas, De Chirico, Kandinsky, Picasso and Tàpies. Argentine artists include Morel, Pueyrredón, de la Cárcova, Sívori, Malharro, Fader, Guttero, Curatella Manes, Petorutti, Quinquela Martín, Berni, Spilimbergo, Deira, Distéfano, Alonso, Benedit y Seguí, among others.
Address: Av. del Libertador 1473.
Area: Recoleta
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Xul Solar Museum
Xul Solar's home has been restructured to make room for this museum. In addition to the works that involve different periods of painting, one can observe personal effects, games and documents.
Address: Laprida 1212.
Area: Palermo
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National Historical Museum
In an old house located in the heart of Parque Lezama, the National Historical Museum exhibits objects and works of art from the pre-Columbian Argentina period, the colonial periods and the past. In addition, it exhibits an important collection of artillery pieces and decorative elements from many time periods.
Address: Defensa 1600
Area: Parque Lezama |
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Museo Casa Carlos Gardel
Address: Jean Jaures 735.
Area: Balvanera |
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Tango del 900
Address: Garibaldi 1429
Area: La Boca
Tel.: (54 11) 4300-0475 |
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General San Martín Cultural Center
The building's construction ended in 1970 under the direction of architect Mario Roberto Alvarez. The Plaza de las Americas and Patio de Esculturas (Sculpture Patio), open spaces and pedestrian walkways, make up the entrance to the 12-story building and 30,000 square meters of space. It offers expositions, theater seasons, dance, courses and workshops, concerts, round tables, open discussions, festivals, conferences, congresses and conventions.
Address: Sarmiento 1551.
Area: Centro
Tel.: 4374-1251/59
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Ricardo Rojas Cultural Center
This cultural center belongs to the University of Buenos Aires . From its beginning in 1984, it has been considered an innovative space for artistic and cultural production in the City, as well as an institution dedicated to informal artistic education. Its cultural offering is ample; plastic art expositions, concerts, theater and dance events, book presentations, recitals, performances, conferences, courses as well as workshops.
Address: Junín 1930.
Area: Recoleta
Tel.: 4803-1040
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Recoleta Cultural Center
The building, whose origin stems from the XVII century, is one of the oldest preserved in Buenos Aires . It belonged to the Recoleta Friars Convent (1886). Later, it served as an elderly asylum, and in 1979 it became what it is today. It boasts 27 exhibit halls, among those that are recognized as the "Cronopios" Hall and a mini-cinema. During the year it offers a wide variety of activities, among them: plastic arts expositions, concerts, theatre, dance, book presentations, recitals, performances, electro-acoustic music, video-graphic expressions and special events. In addition, it offers an area where courses and artistic workshops are held, a research laboratory and musical production with the latest digital technology.
Address: Viamonte 500
Area: Centro
Tel.: 5555-5359
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