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Violeta Méndez
Violeta Méndez

Degree in Humanities and Social Sciences. She collaborates with Arte al Día by writing interviews, reviews, and news articles, with the aim of providing new perspectives on current artistic proposals. 

PHOTOGRAPHY OVERFLOWS AFTER 200 YEARS AT PINTA BAphoto

The fair celebrates in Buenos Aires the expansion of the discipline and the way it blends with different materialities, taking shape in endless possibilities.

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PHOTOGRAPHY OVERFLOWS AFTER 200 YEARS AT PINTA BAphoto

The fair celebrates in Buenos Aires the expansion of the discipline and the way it blends with different materialities, taking shape in endless possibilities.

EDITORIAL PICKS: 5 "COOL" PROJECTS AT PINTA BAphoto

On photography’s 200th birthday, the fair presents images that problematize representations of the body, explore across media, and build collective images.

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EDITORIAL PICKS: 5 "COOL" PROJECTS AT PINTA BAphoto

On photography’s 200th birthday, the fair presents images that problematize representations of the body, explore across media, and build collective images.

LATIN AMERICA AT PINTA BAphoto 2026: PROPOSALS FROM THE REGION

A tribute to Sandra Eleta, the work of Claudia Andujar, a solo show by Joaquín Sánchez, and a project that combines a bookstore and an exhibition chart a map that travels through Panama, Brazil, Paraguay, Mexico, Colombia, Chile, Argentina and Venezuela.

News

LATIN AMERICA AT PINTA BAphoto 2026: PROPOSALS FROM THE REGION

A tribute to Sandra Eleta, the work of Claudia Andujar, a solo show by Joaquín Sánchez, and a project that combines a bookstore and an exhibition chart a map that travels through Panama, Brazil, Paraguay, Mexico, Colombia, Chile, Argentina and Venezuela.

EVOKING THE SPIRITUAL FROM THE SURFACE: THIS IS HOW ALBERTO GOLDENSTEIN PHOTOGRAPHS
Interviews

EVOKING THE SPIRITUAL FROM THE SURFACE: THIS IS HOW ALBERTO GOLDENSTEIN PHOTOGRAPHS

­­ IRENE GELFMAN GIVES US FOUR REASONS TO VISIT PINTA BAphoto

From October 22 to 25, La Rural hosts the 22nd edition of the only photography fair in Latin America: it celebrates two centuries of images with unique works, in-house curatorial projects, and an international presence.

News

­­ IRENE GELFMAN GIVES US FOUR REASONS TO VISIT PINTA BAphoto

From October 22 to 25, La Rural hosts the 22nd edition of the only photography fair in Latin America: it celebrates two centuries of images with unique works, in-house curatorial projects, and an international presence.

DUO INTERVIEW WITH FACUNDO BELÉN AND VIRGINIA MARTÍN

The founders of the NN gallery talk about their curatorial approach, driven by intuition and the periphery: “When it finally articulates well, it’s not that interesting.”

Interviews

DUO INTERVIEW WITH FACUNDO BELÉN AND VIRGINIA MARTÍN

The founders of the NN gallery talk about their curatorial approach, driven by intuition and the periphery: “When it finally articulates well, it’s not that interesting.”

FRIDA POSES: KAHLO'S PHOTOGRAPHY IS ALSO HER ARTWORK
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FRIDA POSES: KAHLO'S PHOTOGRAPHY IS ALSO HER ARTWORK

September 30, 2026
ARTISTIC ECLIPSE IN BUENOS AIRES: ARTEBA, Pinta BAphoto and AFFAIR

In late October and early November, the city of Buenos Aires will host three fairs with three distinct identities in a single period of intense artistic activity.

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ARTISTIC ECLIPSE IN BUENOS AIRES: ARTEBA, Pinta BAphoto and AFFAIR

In late October and early November, the city of Buenos Aires will host three fairs with three distinct identities in a single period of intense artistic activity.

MALBA CELEBRATES ITS 25TH ANNIVERSARY WITH NEW SECTIONS IN AN EXPANDING LATIN AMERICA

Thirty works join the exhibition starting Saturday, September 19, including pieces from the Colección Daros Latinoamérica.

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MALBA CELEBRATES ITS 25TH ANNIVERSARY WITH NEW SECTIONS IN AN EXPANDING LATIN AMERICA

Thirty works join the exhibition starting Saturday, September 19, including pieces from the Colección Daros Latinoamérica.

BETWEEN SOFTNESS AND BITTERNESS: TWO EXHIBITIONS CURATED BY IRENE GELFMAN

Suave es la noche, by Silvana Muscio, and Trago Amargo, by Claudia Coca and Claudia Casarino, propose two distinct ways of inhabiting memory from Buenos Aires: one sensory and oneiric, the other historical and colonial.

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BETWEEN SOFTNESS AND BITTERNESS: TWO EXHIBITIONS CURATED BY IRENE GELFMAN

Suave es la noche, by Silvana Muscio, and Trago Amargo, by Claudia Coca and Claudia Casarino, propose two distinct ways of inhabiting memory from Buenos Aires: one sensory and oneiric, the other historical and colonial.

EMILIA DE LAS CARRERAS, THE ARTIST WHO PRACTICES FICTIONAL TAXIDERMY

Just as Emilia de las Carreras (Buenos Aires, 1989) looks at the hermit crab and understands that leaving a mark means that life leaves marks on you too, engaging with her artistic practice inevitably means that little crusts of her narrative stick to us: the methodology she works with, her intuition as a collector, her thinking of the body as geology, her obsessions, her skeletal and exoskeletal sculptures. The artist's work explores bodies and their remains through a visual and sensory operation crossed with scientific research and self-knowledge, giving shape to pieces that evoke an intersection of the archaeological, the clinical, and the speculative. Her approach to art could easily fill dozens of pages; this is only one chapter.

 

Interviews

EMILIA DE LAS CARRERAS, THE ARTIST WHO PRACTICES FICTIONAL TAXIDERMY

Just as Emilia de las Carreras (Buenos Aires, 1989) looks at the hermit crab and understands that leaving a mark means that life leaves marks on you too, engaging with her artistic practice inevitably means that little crusts of her narrative stick to us: the methodology she works with, her intuition as a collector, her thinking of the body as geology, her obsessions, her skeletal and exoskeletal sculptures. The artist's work explores bodies and their remains through a visual and sensory operation crossed with scientific research and self-knowledge, giving shape to pieces that evoke an intersection of the archaeological, the clinical, and the speculative. Her approach to art could easily fill dozens of pages; this is only one chapter.

 

ESTRANGEMENT AND ANTICIPATION: ORNELLA POCETTI AND IVANA DE VIVANCO AT MACBA

The Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Buenos Aires (MACBA) presented the work of two women artists. In ¿Cómo suenan las lágrimas antes de secarse? (What Do Tears Sound Like Before They Dry?), Ivana de Vivanco builds a warning. Snakes, with their capacity to sense catastrophe. In Curada de espanto (Cured of Fright), Ornella Pocetti brings together scenes that hold a story that never fully reveals itself. Both artists hold the abyss steady through anticipation and the suspicion of an estrangement. All you have to do is pay attention.

Reviews

ESTRANGEMENT AND ANTICIPATION: ORNELLA POCETTI AND IVANA DE VIVANCO AT MACBA

The Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Buenos Aires (MACBA) presented the work of two women artists. In ¿Cómo suenan las lágrimas antes de secarse? (What Do Tears Sound Like Before They Dry?), Ivana de Vivanco builds a warning. Snakes, with their capacity to sense catastrophe. In Curada de espanto (Cured of Fright), Ornella Pocetti brings together scenes that hold a story that never fully reveals itself. Both artists hold the abyss steady through anticipation and the suspicion of an estrangement. All you have to do is pay attention.

August 18, 2026
LATIN AMERICAN PROPOSALS AT SONSBEEK 2026

Álvaro Barrington and Jota Mombaça present architectural installations in the Netherlands that address the event's central theme.

By Violeta Méndez
News

LATIN AMERICAN PROPOSALS AT SONSBEEK 2026

By Violeta Méndez

Álvaro Barrington and Jota Mombaça present architectural installations in the Netherlands that address the event's central theme.

A GHOST INSTITUTE FOR ARGENTINE PHOTOGRAPHY, ACCORDING TO FRANCISCO MEDAIL

An interview about Argentina and its institutions, about Argentina and photography, about Argentina and its contemporary art audience. About the Instituto de Estudios Artísticos, Francisco Medail's new space.

Interviews

A GHOST INSTITUTE FOR ARGENTINE PHOTOGRAPHY, ACCORDING TO FRANCISCO MEDAIL

An interview about Argentina and its institutions, about Argentina and photography, about Argentina and its contemporary art audience. About the Instituto de Estudios Artísticos, Francisco Medail's new space.

CHEATING TIME WITH FORNER AND LÓPEZ

At Galería Ruth Benzacar in Buenos Aires, Argentina you'll find “EL ORIGEN DEL MUNDO” and “Futuro acontecer”; two exhibitions with artists building from distant temporalities that are, in their own way, entirely their own.

Reviews

CHEATING TIME WITH FORNER AND LÓPEZ

At Galería Ruth Benzacar in Buenos Aires, Argentina you'll find “EL ORIGEN DEL MUNDO” and “Futuro acontecer”; two exhibitions with artists building from distant temporalities that are, in their own way, entirely their own.

July 20, 2026
SPACE MATTERS MORE THAN ANY OBJECT WITHIN IT: THIS IS THE WORK OF JESÚS SOTO

A 10-metre-long sculpture by the acclaimed Venezuelan artist is on view in Kensington Gardens, inviting visitors to experience art both physically and visually.

By Violeta Méndez
News

SPACE MATTERS MORE THAN ANY OBJECT WITHIN IT: THIS IS THE WORK OF JESÚS SOTO

By Violeta Méndez

A 10-metre-long sculpture by the acclaimed Venezuelan artist is on view in Kensington Gardens, inviting visitors to experience art both physically and visually.

THE ERASED COMMUNITIES OF THE PANAMA CANAL ARRIVE AT THE VENICE BIENNALE

In line with the theme of the 61st edition, the duo Messengers of the Sun turns hyperstition into a tool for rewriting an untold story: that of the peoples displaced by a mythologized feat of engineering.

By Violeta Méndez
News

THE ERASED COMMUNITIES OF THE PANAMA CANAL ARRIVE AT THE VENICE BIENNALE

By Violeta Méndez

In line with the theme of the 61st edition, the duo Messengers of the Sun turns hyperstition into a tool for rewriting an untold story: that of the peoples displaced by a mythologized feat of engineering.

FROM RELIGIOUS ICONS TO FLUORESCENT ICONS: DAN FLAVIN AND LIGHT AS EXPERIENCE AT MALBA

Luz, color y espacio, the exhibition presented by the Museum of Latin American Art of Buenos Aires in collaboration with Dia Art Foundation, offers an experience in which color and space envelop the viewer. It will be open to the public through August 17.

By Violeta Méndez
Reviews

FROM RELIGIOUS ICONS TO FLUORESCENT ICONS: DAN FLAVIN AND LIGHT AS EXPERIENCE AT MALBA

By Violeta Méndez

Luz, color y espacio, the exhibition presented by the Museum of Latin American Art of Buenos Aires in collaboration with Dia Art Foundation, offers an experience in which color and space envelop the viewer. It will be open to the public through August 17.

June 16, 2026
BUENOS AIRES DRESSES UP FOR NODO CIRCUITOS: FIVE ART GALLERIES TO VISIT

Meridiano's program brings together this weekend — June 4, 5 and 6 — a tour of galleries in San Telmo, Microcentro, La Boca, Villa Crespo and Retiro. The circuit offers an active reading of local contemporary art.

By Violeta Méndez
News

BUENOS AIRES DRESSES UP FOR NODO CIRCUITOS: FIVE ART GALLERIES TO VISIT

By Violeta Méndez

Meridiano's program brings together this weekend — June 4, 5 and 6 — a tour of galleries in San Telmo, Microcentro, La Boca, Villa Crespo and Retiro. The circuit offers an active reading of local contemporary art.

WHAT DO THE PAPERS THROWN INTO THE STREET TELL US? JORGE MACCHI EXHIBITS AT MUSEO SÍVORI

In RETOUR the Argentine artist builds a cartography of the city from discarded papers bearing writings that were never meant to be read; on view through August 9, 2026, at Museo Sívori, Buenos Aires.

By Violeta Méndez
Reviews

WHAT DO THE PAPERS THROWN INTO THE STREET TELL US? JORGE MACCHI EXHIBITS AT MUSEO SÍVORI

By Violeta Méndez

In RETOUR the Argentine artist builds a cartography of the city from discarded papers bearing writings that were never meant to be read; on view through August 9, 2026, at Museo Sívori, Buenos Aires.

May 28, 2026
US SCULPTURES AMID CONTROVERSY AT THE VENICE BIENNALE

No formal application, no galleries, and uncertain funding: the artist representing the United States in Venice explores the transformation of matter and the American landscape.

By Violeta Méndez
News

US SCULPTURES AMID CONTROVERSY AT THE VENICE BIENNALE

By Violeta Méndez

No formal application, no galleries, and uncertain funding: the artist representing the United States in Venice explores the transformation of matter and the American landscape.

FICTIONS WITH SKIN, A READING OF RUTH BENZACAR'S AUTUMN EXHIBITIONS

Guillermo Iuso and FlorenciaBöhtlingk next to Sebastián Gordin present two exhibitions at the Buenos Aires gallery where text and painting coexist without translating each other.

By Violeta Méndez
Reviews

FICTIONS WITH SKIN, A READING OF RUTH BENZACAR'S AUTUMN EXHIBITIONS

By Violeta Méndez

Guillermo Iuso and FlorenciaBöhtlingk next to Sebastián Gordin present two exhibitions at the Buenos Aires gallery where text and painting coexist without translating each other.

May 14, 2026
WHEN FASHION MEETS ART: QUOTES, BODIES, AND POWER AT THE MET GALA

Between references to art history and spectacular visual statements, the 2026 Met Gala once again pushed the boundaries between aesthetic creation and performance.

By Violeta Méndez
News

WHEN FASHION MEETS ART: QUOTES, BODIES, AND POWER AT THE MET GALA

By Violeta Méndez

Between references to art history and spectacular visual statements, the 2026 Met Gala once again pushed the boundaries between aesthetic creation and performance.

EL SALVADOR MAKES ITS DEBUT AT THE VENICE BIENNALE WITH ITS OWN PAVILION

The Central American country will bring Oscar Molina's work to the Biennale, paying tribute to displaced communities and the global diaspora.

By Violeta Méndez
News

EL SALVADOR MAKES ITS DEBUT AT THE VENICE BIENNALE WITH ITS OWN PAVILION

By Violeta Méndez

The Central American country will bring Oscar Molina's work to the Biennale, paying tribute to displaced communities and the global diaspora.

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