Buenos Aires Culture http://buenosairesculture.blog.com Museums, galleries and fine arts in Buenos Aires Sat, 02 Feb 2008 00:00:00 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 en hourly 1 Museums and Other Galleries http://buenosairesculture.blog.com/2008/02/02/museums-and-other-galleries/ http://buenosairesculture.blog.com/2008/02/02/museums-and-other-galleries/#comments Sat, 02 Feb 2008 00:00:00 +0000 Russell


Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes (Fine Arts Museum)

Avenida del Libertador 1902. Recoleta. Opens Tue-Fri 12:30 to 19:30. Sat, Sun and national holidays from 9:30 Am to 19:30.

This museum holds the most important argentine art collection (11.000 art pieces), including all the main artists both of the XIX and XX century. It is a must to visit the modern and contemporary Bemberg Colection, donated by María Luisa Bemberg in the second floor, a renown argentine filmmaker from a very aristocratic family of Buenos Aires (founders of Quilmes Beer Co, the local beer). The Museum also holds important European art pieces donated by the prominent families of Argentina, including a Van Gogh, Monet, and other of the most important artists. This colection is located in the ground floor.
The museum also holds interesting temporary collections.

MALBA - Colección Constantini

Avenida Figueroa Alcorta 3415 - Palermo Chico.

MALBA is the Latin American Art Museum of Buenos Aires. This private museum was founded by Eduardo Constantini, -a generous businessman who donated his private collection of Latin American Art, bought the land and built the museum. This is up to date the most modern of the Museums of Buenos Aires, and features the Constantini permanent collection plus very interesting temporary exhibits of the main contemporary Latin America artists. The permanent collection itself makes the visit to the MALBA a must. You will discover the different schools of modern and contemporary Latin American Art, from the 20's to nowadays. This is one of the most important Latin American Collections. In the museum they also hold very interesting temporary exhibits, installations, video art, etc.

Evita Museum

Lafinur 2988, Palermo.

The Evita Museum is located in what it used to be a single mothers transit house part of the social work of Evita. You can feel there the strong passions she generated (both very deep hate and love). The exhibit includes information and documentaries about her social work, speeches, some of her dresses and jewelry, etc. If you are interested in this complex icon of Argentina -beyond Lloyd weber simplifications for the musical- you cam make a visit to the museum, to get an idea of all the interesting things she did in such a short life.


Xul Solar Museum

Laprida 1212, Recoleta - Tue to Fri 12 a 19.30 hs. / Sat. 12 to 19hs. Guided visits: Tuesday, Thrsday And Saturday, 16.30hs. Tel: (54 11) 4824.3302 / 4821.5378 xulsolar@ciudad.com.ar

This museum is located in Xul's former house. Oscar Agustín Alejandro Schulz Solari (1888-1963) -he renamed himself Xul Solar- was one of the greatest vanguard artists of Argentina, and a very interesting person. Xul Solar Xul was essentially an esoteric artist, in all of his career he focused in the search of a superior knowledge, of a non revealed truth. This search guided him during all its life and directed his artistic approach to different religions and belief systems. Most of his paintings are based on spiritual or religious symbols. His trip to Europe in 1912 inserts him in a context marked by the occultism, anthroposophy, theosophy and other knowledge related to them.

Museo de Arte Hispanoamericano (Isaac Fernández Blanco)

Suipacha 1422, Retiro. Tue-Sun 14-19.

This museum functions in Palacio Noel an Impressive Neocolonial mansion that dates from 1920. The collection includes different artistic expressions from the Spanish colonial era, including silver works, paintings, imagery, other colonial representations and XIX century works.

Museo de la Ciudad (City Museum)

Alsina 412 - Defensa 219 / 223, San Telmo.

The city museum compiles pieces of Buenos Aires everyday life from the foundation in the XVI century to nowadays. Interesting place to get an immersion in Buenos Aires customs, traditions, past and present of the city daily life.

Quinquela Martin Museum

Pedro de Mendoza 1835. La Boca.

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.

 

Museo Historico National (National History Museum)

Defensa 1600, in Parque Lazama. San Telmo

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 and traces the history of the foundation of Buenos Aires.


For details of these and other museums, have a look here. And also here.

 

For a complete guide on things to do in Buenos Aires,

try the "Virtual Tourist" web site.

 

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Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes (Fine Arts Museum)

Avenida del Libertador 1902. Recoleta. Opens Tue-Fri 12:30 to 19:30. Sat, Sun and national holidays from 9:30 Am to 19:30.

This museum holds the most important argentine art collection (11.000 art pieces), including all the main artists both of the XIX and XX century. It is a must to visit the modern and contemporary Bemberg Colection, donated by María Luisa Bemberg in the second floor, a renown argentine filmmaker from a very aristocratic family of Buenos Aires (founders of Quilmes Beer Co, the local beer). The Museum also holds important European art pieces donated by the prominent families of Argentina, including a Van Gogh, Monet, and other of the most important artists. This colection is located in the ground floor.
The museum also holds interesting temporary collections.

MALBA - Colección Constantini

Avenida Figueroa Alcorta 3415 - Palermo Chico.

MALBA is the Latin American Art Museum of Buenos Aires. This private museum was founded by Eduardo Constantini, -a generous businessman who donated his private collection of Latin American Art, bought the land and built the museum. This is up to date the most modern of the Museums of Buenos Aires, and features the Constantini permanent collection plus very interesting temporary exhibits of the main contemporary Latin America artists. The permanent collection itself makes the visit to the MALBA a must. You will discover the different schools of modern and contemporary Latin American Art, from the 20’s to nowadays. This is one of the most important Latin American Collections. In the museum they also hold very interesting temporary exhibits, installations, video art, etc.

Evita Museum

Lafinur 2988, Palermo.

The Evita Museum is located in what it used to be a single mothers transit house part of the social work of Evita. You can feel there the strong passions she generated (both very deep hate and love). The exhibit includes information and documentaries about her social work, speeches, some of her dresses and jewelry, etc. If you are interested in this complex icon of Argentina -beyond Lloyd weber simplifications for the musical- you cam make a visit to the museum, to get an idea of all the interesting things she did in such a short life.

Xul Solar Museum

Laprida 1212, Recoleta - Tue to Fri 12 a 19.30 hs. / Sat. 12 to 19hs. Guided visits: Tuesday, Thrsday And Saturday, 16.30hs. Tel: (54 11) 4824.3302 / 4821.5378 xulsolar@ciudad.com.ar

This museum is located in Xul’s former house. Oscar Agustín Alejandro Schulz Solari (1888-1963) -he renamed himself Xul Solar- was one of the greatest vanguard artists of Argentina, and a very interesting person. Xul Solar Xul was essentially an esoteric artist, in all of his career he focused in the search of a superior knowledge, of a non revealed truth. This search guided him during all its life and directed his artistic approach to different religions and belief systems. Most of his paintings are based on spiritual or religious symbols. His trip to Europe in 1912 inserts him in a context marked by the occultism, anthroposophy, theosophy and other knowledge related to them.

Museo de Arte Hispanoamericano (Isaac Fernández Blanco)

Suipacha 1422, Retiro. Tue-Sun 14-19.

This museum functions in Palacio Noel an Impressive Neocolonial mansion that dates from 1920. The collection includes different artistic expressions from the Spanish colonial era, including silver works, paintings, imagery, other colonial representations and XIX century works.

Museo de la Ciudad (City Museum)

Alsina 412 - Defensa 219 / 223, San Telmo.

The city museum compiles pieces of Buenos Aires everyday life from the foundation in the XVI century to nowadays. Interesting place to get an immersion in Buenos Aires customs, traditions, past and present of the city daily life.

Quinquela Martin Museum

Pedro de Mendoza 1835. La Boca.

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.

 

Museo Historico National (National History Museum)

Defensa 1600, in Parque Lazama. San Telmo

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 and traces the history of the foundation of Buenos Aires.

For details of these and other museums, have a look here. And also here.

 

For a complete guide on things to do in Buenos Aires,

try the “Virtual Tourist” web site.

 

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Buenos Aires has more than one hundred art galleries. There are four main circuits of art galleries. The Retiro and Barrio Norte Circuits comprise the more traditional and established artists, and offer the more high-end galleries in the city. The two additional circuits, Palermo and San Telmo, exhibit younger and newer artists. In Palermo, some of the art galleries often form part of a restaurant or fashion / decoration shop.

Once a month (usually the last Friday of each month) there is a Gallery Nights event in Retiro Circuit (basically in Arroyo Street and surroundings) organized by Arte al Dia art magazine and La Nacion, when all galleries in the area open for that night, and you have music in the streets, complimentary champagne or beer, etc.. A couple of times a year they organize Palermo SoHo, and San Telmo Gallery Nights.


Retiro Circuit


British Arts Centre , Suipacha 1333. Tel: 4393 6941

Danish Art Gallery , Arroyo 889, esq. Suipacha. Tel: 4394 2633

Agustina del Campo , Arroyo 889, Local 12 y 13 Tel: 4313-9429

Dharma Fine Arts , Arroyo 889, Local 16 . Tel: 4328-6219

Holz, arte & mas , Arroyo 862. Tel: 4394-0779

Renoir Galería de Arte , Arroyo 840. Tel./Fax. 4327 0678

Ares Arte , Arroyo 826. Tel: 4393-0329

Vasari Galería de Arte , Esmeralda 1357. Tel. 4327 0664

Suipacha Galeria de Arte , Suipacha 1248. Tel 4322-1566 / 4326-9027

El Puente Galería de Arte , Arenales 834. Tel: 4325-5110

Ursomarzo Arenales 921. Tel: 4393 0871



Palermo Circuit


Elsi del Río , Arévalo 1748. Tel: 4899 0171

Braga Menéndez Arte Contemporáneo , Humboldt 1574. Tel: 4775-5577 / 9255

Papelera Palermo , Cabrera 5227. Tel: 4831-1080

Pabellon 4 , Uriarte 1332. Tel: 4772 8745

Espacio Uriarte , Uriarte 1572, 1° piso. Tel: 15-5456-1535

The Photo Gallery , Serrano 1536. Tel: 4831-5930

Forma Galería de Arte , Thames 1620. Tel: 4831-7041

GRAFIS - Galería de arte contemporaneo , Thames 1653. Tel: 4832-9739

Bacano arte contemporáneo , Armenia 1544. Tel: 4831-3564

Espacio Palleros , Nicaragua 4462. Tel: 4511-5030 / 31

Laura Lambré Studio , Gorriti 4187 y Pringles .Tel: 4867-3910

Espacio Flichman - Lightowler , F.A. de Figueroa 1658.

Crimson , F.A. de Figueroa 1800, esq. Julian Alvarez. Tel: 4863 7375

Espacio De Arte Eseade / Philadelphia , Uriarte 2472. Tel: 4776-6108

Barrio Norte Circuit


RO Galería de Arte , Paraná 1158 Tel: 4815 6467

Zurbarán , Cerrito 1522 & Av. Alvear 1658. Tel: 4815 1556

Agalma.arte , Libertad 1389. Tel: 4816-3651

Galería Rubbers Internacional , Avenida Alvear 1595. Tel: 4816 1864 / 1869

Adriana Indik Galería de Arte , Rodriguez Peña 2067, PB "A". Tel: 4812-5169

Fundación Mundo Nuevo , Avenida Callao 1870, PB. Tel: 4804-7321

Insight Arte , Avenida Callao 1777, PB, Tel: 4815-5292 / 4813-2159

Lila Mitre Espacio de Arte , Guido 1568. Tel./ Fax: 4811-6674

Consorcio de Arte Buenos Aires , Uruguay 1371. Tel: 4816-4524

Mantova , Arenales 1470. Tel: 4813-6224 / 7933

Javier Baliña Galería de Arte , Arenales 1428 Tel. 4813-0811

GV Consultoría en Arte , Arenales 1239, PB , 4 "G". Tel./Fax: 4813 3551

Espacio de Artistas , Ayacucho 1416 2º piso. Tel: 4776-3109

Cleo Art Club , Arenales 2534. Tel: 4824-3030

Espacio Y... , Lugar Cultural, Laprida 1963, PB "B". Tel : 4803 - 9764


San Telmo Circuit


La Incubadora Fine Art , Chacabuco 1025. Tel: 4361-5717

Galería Wussmann , Venezuela 570, entre Bolívar y Perú. Tel: 4343 4707

Galería Decastelli arte en cartón Chile 354 Tel: 4307-7822

Galería de Arte Mercedes Giachetti Defensa 718 Tel. / Fax: 4361-6307

713 Arte Contemporáneo , Defensa 713. Tel: 4362 7331

Espacio Biazzi Arte , Defensa 763. Tel: 4361-6809

EdeA Galería de Arte , Defensa 771. Tel: 4361-3328

Isidro Miranda Arte Contemporáneo , Estados Unidos 726. Tel: 4361-4034

Rajadell Art Gallery , Defensa 1060. Tel: 4361-6053 / 4307-1361

Erik Adriaan van der Grijn Humberto 1° 313-317, PB "B/C" .Tel: 4328-4603

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Buenos Aires has more than one hundred art galleries. There are four main circuits of art galleries. The Retiro and Barrio Norte Circuits comprise the more traditional and established artists, and offer the more high-end galleries in the city. The two additional circuits, Palermo and San Telmo, exhibit younger and newer artists. In Palermo, some of the art galleries often form part of a restaurant or fashion / decoration shop.

Once a month (usually the last Friday of each month) there is a Gallery Nights event in Retiro Circuit (basically in Arroyo Street and surroundings) organized by Arte al Dia art magazine and La Nacion, when all galleries in the area open for that night, and you have music in the streets, complimentary champagne or beer, etc.. A couple of times a year they organize Palermo SoHo, and San Telmo Gallery Nights.

Retiro Circuit

British Arts Centre , Suipacha 1333. Tel: 4393 6941

Danish Art Gallery , Arroyo 889, esq. Suipacha. Tel: 4394 2633

Agustina del Campo , Arroyo 889, Local 12 y 13 Tel: 4313-9429

Dharma Fine Arts , Arroyo 889, Local 16 . Tel: 4328-6219

Holz, arte & mas , Arroyo 862. Tel: 4394-0779

Renoir Galería de Arte , Arroyo 840. Tel./Fax. 4327 0678

Ares Arte , Arroyo 826. Tel: 4393-0329

Vasari Galería de Arte , Esmeralda 1357. Tel. 4327 0664

Suipacha Galeria de Arte , Suipacha 1248. Tel 4322-1566 / 4326-9027

El Puente Galería de Arte , Arenales 834. Tel: 4325-5110

Ursomarzo Arenales 921. Tel: 4393 0871

Palermo Circuit

Elsi del Río , Arévalo 1748. Tel: 4899 0171

Braga Menéndez Arte Contemporáneo , Humboldt 1574. Tel: 4775-5577 / 9255

Papelera Palermo , Cabrera 5227. Tel: 4831-1080

Pabellon 4 , Uriarte 1332. Tel: 4772 8745

Espacio Uriarte , Uriarte 1572, 1° piso. Tel: 15-5456-1535

The Photo Gallery , Serrano 1536. Tel: 4831-5930

Forma Galería de Arte , Thames 1620. Tel: 4831-7041

GRAFIS - Galería de arte contemporaneo , Thames 1653. Tel: 4832-9739

Bacano arte contemporáneo , Armenia 1544. Tel: 4831-3564

Espacio Palleros , Nicaragua 4462. Tel: 4511-5030 / 31

Laura Lambré Studio , Gorriti 4187 y Pringles .Tel: 4867-3910

Espacio Flichman - Lightowler , F.A. de Figueroa 1658.

Crimson , F.A. de Figueroa 1800, esq. Julian Alvarez. Tel: 4863 7375

Espacio De Arte Eseade / Philadelphia , Uriarte 2472. Tel: 4776-6108

Barrio Norte Circuit

RO Galería de Arte , Paraná 1158 Tel: 4815 6467

Zurbarán , Cerrito 1522 & Av. Alvear 1658. Tel: 4815 1556

Agalma.arte , Libertad 1389. Tel: 4816-3651

Galería Rubbers Internacional , Avenida Alvear 1595. Tel: 4816 1864 / 1869

Adriana Indik Galería de Arte , Rodriguez Peña 2067, PB “A”. Tel: 4812-5169

Fundación Mundo Nuevo , Avenida Callao 1870, PB. Tel: 4804-7321

Insight Arte , Avenida Callao 1777, PB, Tel: 4815-5292 / 4813-2159

Lila Mitre Espacio de Arte , Guido 1568. Tel./ Fax: 4811-6674

Consorcio de Arte Buenos Aires , Uruguay 1371. Tel: 4816-4524

Mantova , Arenales 1470. Tel: 4813-6224 / 7933

Javier Baliña Galería de Arte , Arenales 1428 Tel. 4813-0811

GV Consultoría en Arte , Arenales 1239, PB , 4 “G”. Tel./Fax: 4813 3551

Espacio de Artistas , Ayacucho 1416 2º piso. Tel: 4776-3109

Cleo Art Club , Arenales 2534. Tel: 4824-3030

Espacio Y… , Lugar Cultural, Laprida 1963, PB “B”. Tel : 4803 - 9764

San Telmo Circuit

La Incubadora Fine Art , Chacabuco 1025. Tel: 4361-5717

Galería Wussmann , Venezuela 570, entre Bolívar y Perú. Tel: 4343 4707

Galería Decastelli arte en cartón Chile 354 Tel: 4307-7822

Galería de Arte Mercedes Giachetti Defensa 718 Tel. / Fax: 4361-6307

713 Arte Contemporáneo , Defensa 713. Tel: 4362 7331

Espacio Biazzi Arte , Defensa 763. Tel: 4361-6809

EdeA Galería de Arte , Defensa 771. Tel: 4361-3328

Isidro Miranda Arte Contemporáneo , Estados Unidos 726. Tel: 4361-4034

Rajadell Art Gallery , Defensa 1060. Tel: 4361-6053 / 4307-1361

Erik Adriaan van der Grijn Humberto 1° 313-317, PB “B/C” .Tel: 4328-4603

]]> http://buenosairesculture.blog.com/2008/02/01/art-galleries/feed/ About the author http://buenosairesculture.blog.com/2008/01/01/about-the-author/ http://buenosairesculture.blog.com/2008/01/01/about-the-author/#comments Tue, 01 Jan 2008 00:00:00 +0000 Russell

This brief insight to Culture in Buenos Aires has been compiled by Russell Ferrier as part of a larger guide to property buying and property renovation in Buenos Aires.

For information on property in Buenos Aires : TopFloor.blog.com or email russell_ferrier@hotmail.com

 

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This brief insight to Culture in Buenos Aires has been compiled by Russell Ferrier as part of a larger guide to property buying and property renovation in Buenos Aires.

For information on property in Buenos Aires : TopFloor.blog.com or email russell_ferrier@hotmail.com

 

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