CULTURAL TOURS
The face-to-face restrictions continue according to the country of the region in which you are, so we are moving forward with our initiative to invite you to take virtual tours of different cultural spaces.
Unfinished stories (or a theater of objects), the current exhibition by Liliana Porter in Buenos Aires
By Guillermo Vega Fischer
As soon as we have crossed the door of the Ruth Benzacar gallery in the Buenos Aires neighborhood of Villa Crespo, the music emanating from a video invites us to approach a large screen. There we see...
Hermenegildo Sábat: Master of Portraiture
Unmatched. Multi-disciplinary. Masterfully unique. The National Museum of Decorative Art (Buenos Aires, Argentina) inaugurated on April 4 the surprising exhibition dedicated to the multifaceted and expressive universe of Hermenegildo Mariano "Menchi" Sábat Garibaldi (1933, Montevideo – 2018, Buenos Aires), an...
The iron photographic will of Fredy Heer
"What is inherited is not stolen" Protected by this popular saying, the Argentine photographer Fredy Heer continues with determination the saga of the creative effort inherited from his European immigrant ancestors, who around 1856 and with enormous effort, founded the mythical...
Caburé, el alma de Pajita García Bes en el Museo de Bellas Artes de Salta
En un nuevo tiempo en que las artesanías elaboradas en el seno de los pueblos originarios se instalan como poderosas expresiones artísticas, resulta de sumo interés visitar la exposición que recorre los maravillosos tapices creados por Carlos Luis Pajita García...
Luces de una agenda que estusiasma
La oferta cultural de Buenos Aires es sorprendente; sus museos y otras diversas instituciones nos acercan una agenda rica en exposiciones y demás eventos que merecen atención.
Desde Hilario y con las debidas disculpas -somos un pequeño equipo y sólo hemos...
We celebrate Prilidiano
San Isidro, on the Buenos Aires coast of the Río de la Plata, has a particular charm that is well worth a visit, even more so these days to enjoy one of its museums, the Historical Municipal Brigadier Juan Martín...
El Centro Cultural Borges y su nueva vida
Por Guillermo Vega Fischer *
El Borges, aquel que con sus veinticinco años de historia se conformó como uno de los centros culturales más emblemáticos de Argentina, hoy no es el mismo. Nacido en la década del noventa junto a la...
Olds y de Zubiría. Dos miradas en clave contemporánea. Buenos Aires de cara al mundo, ayer y hoy
Los sábados, La Boca nos propone dos paseos fotográficos imperdibles. En la galería del Espacio CIFHA nos encontramos con la obra del norteamericano Harry Grant Olds (Sandusky, Ohio, 1868 - Buenos Aires, 1943) en una muestra titulada “El Extranjero”.
CIFHA, cuyo...
Un paseo por Tigre a puro arte
La ciudad de Tigre y el Delta forman un espacio de atracción para visitantes argentinos y extranjeros; naturaleza, gastronomía y cultura se reúnen para disfrutar de un entorno muy amigable y variadas opciones. Su acceso por tren o en auto...
Disparates en Argentina. El Arte del grabado en Francisco de Goya
Los grabados de Goya han marcado la Historia del Arte y hecho correr ríos de tinta. Pero los exégetas de su última serie, llamada Disparates o Proverbios, se han hallado ante una misión casi imposible. Su hermetismo se refuerza por...
Testimonials of Identity. Collazo Collection. At the Las Lilas Museum in San Antonio de Areco.
This time the museum surprises us with an original staging of the Collazo collection, formed especially by three areas of interest, all referring to silverware: viceroyalty, Creole and indigenous, including as such, the pieces used in the ethnographic complex "pampa"...
Facundo de Zuviría, fotógrafo de Buenos Aires en Madrid
Ya concluida la feria de arte madrileña ARCO, el fotógrafo Facundo de Zuviría (1954) aún cautiva al público español en uno de los sitios más importantes de la escena local. Nos referimos a la Sala Fundación MAPFRE Recoletos, ubicada en...
Agenda musical en nuestra querida Buenos Aires
Por Guillermo Vega Fischer
Por primera vez desplegamos en esta sección dedicada a sugerirles paseos culturales, una agenda que hace foco en la volátil disciplina artística del tiempo y el sonido: la música; esta vez centrados en la llamada académica, clásica,...
Turismo y cultura
En plena temporada de verano, los centros turísticos cautivan a un amplio público que busca romper la rutina con un merecido descanso. El perfil de cada destino “habla” también sobre la personalidad de quienes lo visitan; están aquellos que, por...
Familias Romaníes. Las familias gitanas en Argentina
Con motivo de celebrarse el 5 de noviembre el Día Mundial del Idioma Romaní, la Manzana de las Luces inauguró la muestra virtual FAMILIAS ROMANÍES en su plataforma web Nuevo Museo Público.
En el año 2018 el estado argentino reconoció el...
El Cuchillo Criollo, una pasión muy gaucha, te espera en San Antonio de Areco
Hoy les proponemos visitar San Antonio de Areco para recorrer una exposición imperdible, “El Cuchillo Criollo”, de jueves a domingo y feriados, de 10 a 14 y de 15 a 19 horas, con un ingreso que se corta una hora...
15ª Feria del Libro Antiguo de Buenos Aires
Esta vez los invitamos a visitar la próxima feria del libro antiguo, a realizarse en el Palacio La Prensa, la Casa de la Cultura de Buenos Aires, un espacio impregnado por los ecos de nuestra historia, antigua sede de aquel...
Buenos Aires, a walk in the footsteps of 1910.
(Second and last installment) By Guillermo Vega Fischer Last month we began this tour in the footsteps of the Exhibition of the Centennial of the May 1910 Revolution. The centenary found our country at the peak of its economic development, and the...
The protection of cultural heritage
By Pablo Luis Gasipi *
The instructive and heartfelt lines of Guillermo Vega Fischer on the buildings and monuments of the International Exhibition of 1910 in Buenos Aires, leave a question: are there laws for the protection of cultural heritage in...
In the footsteps of the Centennial International Exhibition. Buenos Aires, 1910 - 2022.
By Guillermo Vega Fischer
Cities constitute one of the most complex and wonderful constructions of human creation. In them our species displays its civility and capacity for coexistence, being also reservoirs of its cultural heritage, its technological development, its science and...
A museum to assemble. Management and transformation of the Peyrano Communal Museum.
By Carlos Abel Tellechea *
On December 1, 1991, the residents of the town of Peyrano, in the south of the province of Santa Fe, met again on the sidewalk of the building of the old commune built in 1922, in...
The Atchugarry Museum of Contemporary Art, in Maldonado, Uruguay.
The ark of dreams.
It has always been said, perhaps more with the pride of the local than with a tourist and business outlook, that Punta del Este in winter, empty and gleaming, is even more beautiful than in summer. The...
THE TRADITION OF ENGRAVING. FROM NORTHERN EUROPE TO CUYO.
The exhibition The tradition of engraving. From Northern Europe to Cuyo was inaugurated on April 8 in the halls of the Franklin Rawson Provincial Museum of Fine Arts in San Juan, an institution directed by Emanuel Diaz Ruiz, where it...
SANTA FE LA VIEJA, FOUNDED IN 1573.
Stroll, rest, meet, learn, get excited... Cultural tourism is practiced all year round and the attractions can be just around the corner. All you need is a curious mind and the desire to enjoy.
From our space we continue to offer...
THE HALL OF THE REJECTED. ARGENTINE ART.
We expressed it from the beginning of our newsletter, the possibility of virtually visiting the world's cultural offer is here to stay. At that time, driven by the mandatory confinement imposed by Covid-19, but also virtuous in itself, by the...
THE WAY OF THE JESUITS WITH A CORDOVAN TONE
The presence of the Society of Jesus in the current province of Córdoba, Argentina, begun in 1599, has left important architectural traces, which today are part of the so-called Camino de los Jesuitas, a route that in its entirety encompasses...
Cabildo Historical Museum. A proposal that excites both ways, the virtual and the face-to-face.
Summer is looming and Uruguay advances in its tourist reactivation plan by opening its borders. From November 1, the entry of foreign visitors who have received the...
Egidio Feruglio Museum of Paleontology.
Patagonia is a point of international tourist attraction and among the topics that distinguish it is its paleontological wealth. Several "ambassadors" travel hierarchical spaces of the world with this origin, we refer to the replicas of the Titanosaur -the baptized...
A MUSEUM IN THE HILLS. JUJUY IS SPECIAL
The Mec (Museum in the hills) is much more than a museum, it is a community space created to promote and arouse concerns with the local people. The idea - crazy idea, the sane ones will say - belongs to...
POMPEII, A JOURNEY IN TIME
Tourism has been one of the most developed industries in recent decades worldwide. However, its rise was abruptly interrupted by the Covid 19 pandemic and although its spaces of attraction are gradually reopening, the truth is that a new consciousness...
Cities unite through art
Art does not stop, and in this feature its beauty and attraction are also affirmed. Days ago, two European cities were strung together through a concrete ring that, without prior notice, appeared on their streets. We refer to Lublin, the...
The MALBA and a visit from home
We suggest you visit the collection of the Museum of Latin American Art of Buenos Aires online. "Walking" through its rooms will be transformed into a journey through the most diverse artistic manifestations that give content to its heritage. In...
THE MUSEUM COMPLEX OF THE USHUAIA PRISON
In that old prison, inaugurated in 1902 and closed forty-five years later, there are five museums, an art gallery and a space declared a national historical monument. (1) The complex has become one of the greatest attractions for visitors to...
VISUAL ART CENTERS: / MUSEO DEL BARRO (CLAY MUSEUM). A WINDOW TO PARAGUAY
The history of this Museum is based on two proper names: Olga Blinder and Oscar Colombino, who created in 1972 the so-called Circulating Collection, the patrimonial base of this cultural space of international projection.If you visit Asunción, it is an...
THE BLUE HOUSE, THE UNIVERSE OF FRIDA KAHLO
We all know in some way the life and work of this unique Mexican artist, who spent a good part of her life in this beautiful residence, which she put together to her liking in every space and every detail....
CAN YOU HEAR ME?
This time we propose a unique walk through a video that, we imagine, will captivate you. In just seven minutes, the creation of the documentary maker Pedro Ballesteros will introduce you to the work and personality of the Spanish sculptor...
ART, PAIN, INDIFFERENCE, SOLIDARITY … ANTONIO BRICEÑO IN THE FINE ARTS PAVILION, OF THE ARGENTINE CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY.
The absence of human voices plunges us into the loneliness of the abyss, in the hollow of the deep sea, in the indifference of developed societies, in our brooding and anxiety. "There are no words that can navigate the torrent...
EGYPT, GOOD NEWS WITH THOUSANDS OF YEARS
For those of us who are moved by a testimony of the ancient world, visiting Egypt with all its treasures is a very attractive destination. But from our headquarters in Buenos Aires, Argentina, traveling to that country has always been...
The accidental canon. Women artists in Argentina (1890-1950)
From March 25, at the National Museum of Fine Arts, you will be able to see The accidental canon, an exhibition that brings together more than forty forgotten creators and more than ninety works, many of them never seen before....
SHOULD WE DRINK A COFFEE AND ENJOY THE RESCUE OF DEL MOLINO CAKE SHOP?
In front of the National Congress, the façade of the building that housed the Confitería del Molino, an architectural icon of our city, was an open wound for many years in the heritage of Buenos Aires. Its constant deterioration -it...
A VISIT TO “THE SPINNERS” BY DIEGO VELÁZQUEZ
This time we invite you to visit the Prado Museum, in Madrid, and without long lines to access its rooms. On March 2, a magnificent exhibition -"Mythological Passions"- was inaugurated, with 29 works of art, signed, among others, by Titian,...
BEHIND A MASK, MEXICAN FOLK ART
The universe of Mexican masks is so rich and complex that it has always aroused interest among locals and strangers. In the midst of a pandemic, the Fomento Cultural Banamex institution in Mexico City organized the exhibition "Behind a mask"...
RETHINKING GUERNICA
The Reina Sofía Museum in Madrid has organized a tour of one of the most important works of the 20th century, Guernica, by Pablo Picasso."On April 26, 1937, in the midst of the Spanish civil war, the Basque city of...