Notes related to Argentina

The Museo Extremeño e Iberoamericano de Arte Contemporáneo (MEIAC) is extending until mid-September the exhibition Las líneas de la vida, by artist Pablo Reinoso (Buenos Aires, Argentina, 1955), which deals with the concept of legacy.

Ch'ixifuturismo is the exhibition at Fundación Larivière that presents photographs by Florencia Blanco on Freddy Mamani Silvestri's architecture, in dialogue with works by Narda Alvarado, Tin Ayala, Iván Cáceres, Cristina Collazos, Miguel Hilari and Claudia Joskowicz, and curated by Santiago García Navarro. The exhibition includes 40 photos, a series of drawings, three videos and a film.

The Museum of Modern Art of Buenos Aires inaugurated El Aprendizaje Infinito (Infinite Learning), an exhibition that recognizes Argentina's master artists and puts in dialogue the historical tradition of arts education and the experimental projects of the latest decades.

The exhibition of the 60th edition of the Venice Biennale - Stranieri Ovunque (Foregneirs Everywhere) - curated by Brazilian Adriano Pedrosa, presents 331 artists, significantly more than the usual number. More than a third of those artists come from Latin America.

Sara Facio passed away at the age of 92. Photographer, curator, journalist and editor, she stood out for her portraits of Latin American cultural figures and for her sharp and sensitive spirit that vindicated photography in the art world.

With the support of the Ministry of Culture of the City of Buenos Aires, on Friday, June 28, 2024 the Gallery circuit of galleries returns to the areas of Recolecta, Retiro and Microcentro.

For the 60th International Exhibition of la Biennale di Venezia Stranieri Ovunque (Foregneirs Everywhere), artist Claudia Alarcón and art-collective Silät are presenting their reflections on being treated as foreigners in their own country.

Argentina Performance Art, the first platform dedicated exclusively to the archive and theoretical research on Performance Art in Argentina, has opened a call for interns to join the team in the Internship Program 2024-2025.

The Museo de Arte Moderno de Buenos Aires invites artists and art professionals from Argentina and abroad who have been living in the country for 3 years or more to apply to the Casa Alberto Heredia Residency Program. Applications will be accepted until June 30, 2024 for the periods August-December 2024 and March-June 2025.

Art at Americas Society is presenting Interior with Landscapes, the first solo exhibition and mid-career survey of the Argentine artist Alejandra Seeber in New York. Many of Seeber's paintings explore the tension between representation and abstraction.

Ojalá se derrumben las puertas (Hopefully the Doors Will Fall Down) by artist Luciana Lamothe, curated by Sofía Dourron, is the installation presented by the Argentine Pavilion at the 60th International Art Exhibition of the Venice Biennale 2024.

The group exhibition Los gestos del trabajo (The Gestures of Work), curated by Clarisa Appendino and Benedetta Casini, at MUNTREF Centro de Arte Contemporáneo presents works that explore the relationship between bodies, technology and work.

Patricio Reig (San Juan, Argentina, 1952) exhibits at the Centre Cultural La Mercè in Girona Anatomía de la mirada, a proposal that deals with the dissection of the act of looking and its individual and subjective approach.

Rosana Paulino. Amefricana is the most complete exhibition outside Brazil of this artist born in Sao Paulo in 1967. The exhibition at Malba brings together a group of works made during 30 years, between 1994 and 2024, from the perspective that the Atlantic inscribes in the Afro-descendant America.

La Chola Poblete, Argentine artist and LGBTQ+ rights activist, draws confrontation between historical stereotypes and contemporary visual languages. Her colourful works in diverse media disrupt prevailing power structures and celebrate the rich culture of South American Indigenous peoples. Titled after her hometown, Guaymallén is La Chola’s solo exhibition at PalaisPopulaire, curated by Britta Färber, head of Deutsche Bank’s international art and culture program.

Argentine artist La Chola Poblete received a special mention at the Venice Biennale 2024, selected together with artist Samia Halaby.

In the next edition of Pinta PArC 2024, Herlitzka & Co. (Buenos Aires) and Henrique Faria (New York) join forces to present a booth proposal that challenges conventional notions of contemporaneity and ancestry in Latin American art.

Lucila Gradin begins her work when creating her own natural dyes –through dyeing and medicinal plants from all over the world– and culminates it by pursuing the image that leaves every trace of this ancestral practice through embroidery, textiles and compositions on paper. The Argentine artist is part of the RADAR section of Pinta PArC 2024, together with COTT Gallery.

Pinta BAphoto is the most important art fair specialized in photography in Latin America. In its 20th edition, it invites galleries to submit their proposals until April 30, 2024.

The exhibition at Pivô not only celebrates Carolee Schneemann’s legacy but also expands on her ideas and proposes a dialogue between her works and two contemporary artists: Diego Bianchi and Márcia Falcão.

Tiempo real (Real Time) is an installation by artist Vivian Galban now on view at Fundación Larrivière Fotografía Latinoamericana, curated by Raúl Flores and in association with the Buenos Aires Performance Biennale. It was previously exhibited at Rolf Art (2019), BAphoto (2019) and Paris Photo (2023).

For the second consecutive year, the Ama Amoedo Foundation and Casa Wabi Foundation in alliance launched an open call for artists from Argentina to carry out a six-week residency in Puerto Escondido, Mexico. Deadline to apply: May 2, 2024.

The exhibition Danza Actual (Current Dance) at the Museum of Modern Art of Buenos Aires explores the importance of modern dance in Argentina. It is curated by Francisco Lemus.

The CA2M (Museum Centro de Arte Dos de Mayo) presents the exhibition Ana Gallardo. Tembló acá un delirio. (A delirium trembled here). Curated by Alfredo Aracil and Violeta Janeiro, the show runs from March 2 to July 7, 2024. 

ARCOmadrid is being held until Sunday, March 10, and presented its Lexus Award for Best Stand to the Argentinean gallery W-Gallery. In addition, the galleries Remota and Piedras won the X Opening Award, which recognizes the best stand in that section.

Banco Macro presented the works of Argentine artists Cynthia Cohen and Pabli Stein in the exhibition Esplendor (Splendor) at Torre Macro, curated by Patricia Rizzo. This exhibition is a commitment by Banco Macro to share the legacy and culture of national artists.

The 60th International Art Exhibition of the Venice Biennale –to be held from April 20 to November 24, 2024– presents 332 participants, including Argentine artists, in the international exhibition Foreigners Everywhere.

Cosmogony Nativa (Native Cosmogony) is Lucila Gradín's exhibition at the Museo Marco. It is curated by Eva Grinstein.

Presente Continuo is a two-year training program for artists, thinkers, curators, researchers in the exact sciences, social sciences and humanities, scientists and technologists from all over Argentina. Application deadline: March 17, 2024.

Open call for the Pastizal Residency, Edition #3 Fungi and Lichens to produce, share, reflect and experience artistic practices and research of interest, in the biodiversity of a Natural Reserve environment. Deadline to apply: March 3, 2024.