Photo-Art Opening at Centro Cultural Borges

Photo : Martin Gusinde, "HAIN CEREMONY" (1923)
Source : http://tribusdechile.blogspot.com/


This Art Opening was very interesting. Gusinde’s photos are enlightened.The description about Ona’s life is very complete and serious.

Dr. Anne Chapman, Researcher and Curator made an introduction for the visitors and at made also an invitation for her CONFERENCE, on March 18 at the Centro Cultural Borges.


( Thursday February 26 th, 7 pm)



On Exhibition “The end of the world: The Selk’nam from Tierra del Fuego”.

It’s a photo-exhibition with historical and antrophological objective, which shows the ONA’s society and way of life from Magallanes’s Time ( 1520) throughout nowadays.
Mostly of the pictures are Martin Gusinde’s property.
Martin Gusinde was priest, misionaar and antrophologist born in Austria, who made several travels to Tierra del Fuego in the beginning of the 20 th Centhury. His picture are a document about the relationship between the Onas and the white man.

Dr.Anne Chapman, Researcher and Curator of the Exhibition, will make the official Art - Opening.

Selk’nam from Tierra del Fuego, Photo – Art Opening
Thursday February 26 th, 7pm
Centro Cultural Borges, Viamonte and San Martin
( Galerias Pacifico Shopping Center)
Opening Night : Free Access.

Exhibition closed on March 22 th.

More infos :
http://centroculturalborges.blogspot.com/

Quinquela Museum in La Boca

Foto : www.fineartphotoblog.com
Author : Andrew Gibson.

Last Friday I was at Quinquela Martin Fine Arts Museum in La Boca.

I must say it is beautiful place, enormous, sunny and the artworks inside are great.
They have picture from Argentine’s Masters and the second floor is dedicated to Quinquela’s Works. ( It was Quinquela’s House).
Between Argentine Painters are artworks from : Medilaharzu, Sivori, De la Carcova, Victorica, Lacámara, Castagnino and Soldi.

They also arrange temporary exhibitions of comtemporary Artists.
This month the special exhibition is "Eternal Femenine". A collection of differents
artworks, where the woman is in the center of the scene, as musa ,as subject, or as artist.

This Museum is full of surprises.
There is a beautiful terrace of sculptures, where you can find artworks from Yrrurtia
and Bonetti.
There is also a room dedicated to "Mascarones de proa".( They were figureheads in the corner of ships.)

And if you want to feel yourself as a captain you will enjoy looking from the terrace, the neighbourhood, the river , and La Boca Bridge through a panoramic viewer.

I will write on later, but if you don’t have enough pacience you have to go there, you would not regret it !

Museo de Arte Benito Quinquela Martin,
Av. Pedro de Mendoza 1850, La Boca.
Hours : Tuersday to Sundays 10 pm to 6 pm.
Tickets : $ 5.-

PROA - La Boca

It is well know that Fundación Proa has re-opened in La Boca.
The building is modern, with a lot of glass and white color.
When you look at the Riachuelo from Proa’s Terrase you would never realise that it is not a cleany river…..

They will make the second Art Opening after Duchamp’s Exhibition in the middle of March.
There is an important Art Biblioteque opened for the public , when I was there, it was full with Art Students and ordinary people who wanted to get infos about Fine Arts.


The Restaurant and Caffè are closed untill 10 th March, due to architectural works in the building.

Amalia Fortabat Art Collection - Puerto Madero

Foto : www.puertomadero.com

Hello Everybody,

A lot of days without writing, it is because I was busy, visiting Museums and temporal expositions. Summertime in Buenos Aires has also some interesting Tipps.

Art Collection Amalia Lacroze de Fortabat. ( Olga Cosentini 141, Puerto Madero). The place has the glamour and exclusivity of her owner. I love this art collection. I must say I would have done the same choose as Mrs. Amalita has done, to make my own art collection.

The collection, ( it is not a Museum) has 4 axis :

- International Arts : Klimt, Pieter Brueghel II, and the first and only Turner of Latinamerica : Juliet and her Nurse , the vedette of the collection.

- Egypcian Antiques,

- Abstract Art and New Figurative Arts from Argentina ( Gorriarena, Garcia Uriburu, Macciò ( I love “ Puente de los suspiros”), Peres Celis, Noe, and other prominents as Carlos Alonso.

- The city and the Landscape: Art Works from Prilidiano Pueyrredón, Blanes, Thibon de Livian, Fader.

There are also a Berni’s Corner and Soldi’s Gallery.


Hours : 12 noon to 9 PM.
Tuesdays throght Sundays,
Monday, closed.
Ticket $ 15.-


Sehenwerts !