The museums and galleries of the City of Buenos Aires presented the new exhibitions that will be available this July. The proposals range from photographs by Sameer Makarius, scenic works that work with music, dance, performance and theater, to a tribute to Antonio Berni. Below is a list of what you can see these days in each museum.
Cabildo (Bolívar 65)
“100 years of Sameer Makarius” – until July 31
The Buenos Aires City Council extends the “100 years of Sameer Makarius” exhibition throughout the July holidays due to its great attendance success. This must-see exhibition highlights the expressiveness of photography as an art form through a tour of the photographer’s immense legacy and his look at the customs and traditions of the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires between 1950 and 1970.
Makarius was captivated by Buenos Aires from his perspective as an immigrant after having left behind the lands of Egypt and Budapest (Hungary), the city where he lived during the Second World War. The exhibition displays images of the City with the characteristic imprint of the immigrant surprised to discover the neighborhoods and practices of the inhabitants in their daily lives and which he adopted as his own.
The exhibition hours are from Wednesday to Sunday 10:30 a.m. to 6 p.m..
Hunters Foundation
“Ephemeral matter” – until July 14
“Ephemeral Matter” is a cycle of scenic proposals that work with music, dance, performance and theater to explore the limits between disciplines, intertwine them and propose multifaceted scenic materials.
The director and playwright Emilio García Wehbi, curator of this edition, brought together the artists Nora Lezano, Carla Crespo and the collectives made up of Florencia Bergallo, Natalia Di Cienzo, Victoria Roland and Julieta Ascar; Laura Kalauz and Mariana Eva Perez; and Nicolás Licera Vidal and Sofia Kauer to be part of this initiative.
Tickets at this link.
Ice Palace / Borges Cultural Center (Viamonte 525)
“Contemporary experiences of Argentine art” – inaugurates the Wednesday, July 3 at 6 p.m.
The exhibition organized by the Palais de Glace focuses on its century-old collection and is made up mostly of prizes acquired from the National Hall of Visual Arts. It brings together 75 works of modern and contemporary art made by Argentine artists, most of them awarded by the oldest artistic competition in the country.
“Contemporary experiences of Argentine art” explores the heritage of the Palais de Glace and condenses it into a large choral work, in which ceramics, sculptures, textiles, paintings, engravings, drawings, photographs and videos converge and display new meanings.
The exhibition is open from Wednesday to Sunday from 2 to 8 pm with free admission..
Nora Fisch Gallery (Av. San Juan 701)
“Works and documents from the 2000s” – until July 20
This exhibition is dedicated to the art collection of Alejandro Ikonicoff, curated by Alejandra Aguado. Centrally assembled during the first decade of this century, this group of works and documents represents a record of the sensitivity and activities that, at that time, characterized the Argentine contemporary art scene and, fundamentally, the ways in which it developed. In Buenos Aires city.
Ikonicoff became personally involved in the artistic movement of that time and acquired a significant amount of works that arose from projects managed by the artists themselves, based on the emotional relationships established with many of them.. The collection reflects a good part of the generation that emerged between 1999 and 2010 and includes works by Luciana Lamothe, Eduardo Navarro, Diego Bianchi, Fernanda Laguna, Leopoldo Estol, Javier Barilaro, Cecilia Szalkowicz, Miguel Mitlag, Juliana Iriart and Dani Umpi, among others.
Hours are Tuesday to Saturday from 2 to 7 p.m..
MALBA (Av. Pres. Figueroa Alcorta 3415)
“Mondongo Demonstration” – throughout July
The exhibition “Manifestación” by the Mondongo duo proposes a tribute to the great Rosario artist Antonio Berni, ninety years after the creation of one of his emblematic works and central piece of Argentine art of the 20th century.. Berni advocated for an art committed to the social issues of his time, focusing on the idea that, in the face of a tremendous reality that “breaks the eyes,” “artists are forced to live with their eyes open.” Mondongo takes up this perspective to recover critical discussions around the vision of the city as an emblem of modernity and progress.
The exhibition presents a large site-specific installation, which focuses on the precarious housing settlements that emerged in Argentina in the second half of the 20th century. Also includes a contemporary version of the painting Manifestation made by Mondongo in plasticine, also in large format, in which the artists portray people from their environment, of different social classes and ages, in a protest on public roads.
Guided tour hours are Monday and Thursday at 5 p.m..
Modern Museum (Av. San Juan 350)
“Modern and Metamodern” – throughout July
This exhibition, which is displayed in four large rooms of the Moderno, highlights the important collections that make up the museum’s heritage and allows us to visualize its growth and research processes, materialized in exhibitions, publications and actions throughout its 68 years. of existence. Through a selection of 300 works created during the last 100 years, the exhibition offers a tour of the Argentine modern and contemporary art movements under a plural and federal perspective..
Times are Saturdays, Sundays and holidays from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m.
