Notes related to Buenos Aires
VELVET CLUB: A CLICHÉD DREAM AT THE MODERNO
Daniel Basso presents new works that reinterpret nocturnal aesthetics, consumer objects, and urban memories to create an immersive space between fantasy and exaggeration.
RUTH BENZACAR: SIX DECADES ON, STILL CELEBRATING RISK AND FREEDOM
By Violeta Méndez
The gallery marks sixty years of history with Energy and Optimism for Life, a vibrant look at its legacy and its present.
REDISCOVER SAN TELMO AND LA BOCA WITH GALLERY
The event presents its final 2025 edition: an invitation to enjoy contemporary art tours across the neighborhoods of San Telmo and La Boca.
THE NOISY PRESENT AND THE EVERLASTING SILENCE AT DEPARTAMENTO 112
By Violeta Méndez
At the Argentine gallery, Pariente by Hans Petersen and Redondita by Juana Cravero engage in dialogue: two exhibitions that explore what we have turned into habit, and the desire that never fades away.
PINTA BAphoto 2025 AND THE MANY WAYS OF INHABITING THE IMAGE
By Violeta Méndez
The fair opened its 21st edition with a program that celebrates photography in all its forms — from the sensitive “skins” of Marina De Caro to the gazes of those who inhabit the streets, and the trajectory of the FotoGalería at Teatro San Martín.
THREE PERSPECTIVES THAT EXPAND PHOTOGRAPHY AT PINTA BAPHOTO 2025
By Violeta Méndez
Blurring the boundaries between image, performance, and experimentation, projects by Gustavo Nieto, Nicola Costantino, and Donna Conlon stand out in a new edition of Pinta BAphoto, returning to La Rural with proposals that expand the scope of photography today.
GUAD CRECHE: ON THE PERFORMATIVE GESTURE OF PHOTOGRAPHY
Through the exploration of the intersections between image, body, and discourse, Guad Creche (Salta, Argentina, 1985) positions their curatorial gaze on the performative potential of photography.
MATILDE MARÍN AND THE TRIMMINGS OF BEING A WITNESS ARTIST
By Violeta Méndez
Both the exhibited and the stored works draw attention in Matilde Marín’s studio. On the walls, her emblematic photographs steal the gaze, but so do the wrapped and labeled folders on her tables, the boxes full of books on the floor, and the stacks of files on her shelves. The image completes itself with her voice, the one that explains why the archive, too, is a protagonist.
SOL ECHEVARRÍA + ESPACIO FAN: A CROSSROADS FOR TEXTS, BOOKS, ART AND IMAGES
Editor and curator, Sol Echevarría created Espacio FAN as a meeting ground between the editorial and the visual. There, books become a territory for experimentation, and artworks become ways of reading. A project that champions collaboration, critical thinking, and cultural resistance in times of retreat.
FOUR WORKS BY ANATOLE SADERMAN TO REMEMBER AT PINTA BAPHOTO
By Violeta Méndez
Simple, yet with complex movement, the artist managed to capture what his sensitive eyes perceived, and today his name is part of the local art history as a reference in photographic portraiture.
PINTA BAphoto 2025: THE PHOTOGRAPHY FAIR RETURNS TO LA RURAL WITH NEW PERSPECTIVES
The event celebrates its 21st edition with a diverse program that spans photography through curatorial, performative, and editorial approaches, intertwining “the material with the immaterial, the intimate with the collective.”
JUAN ENRIQUE BEDOYA’S ANTHOLOGY AT FUNDACIÓN LARIVIÈRE
In its final weeks, the exhibition Mi país no es Grecia offers one of the most comprehensive overviews of the Peruvian photographer’s work—moving between the popular, the precarious, and the poetic.
THE HUMAN CONDITION AT FUNDACIÓN PROA: TWELVE LENSES ON CONTEMPORARY URGENT ISSUES
The tenth edition of the Prix Pictet brings together in Buenos Aires twelve international photographers who address the major social and environmental challenges of our time.
FEDERICO BROOK: BETWEEN ROME AND LATIN AMERICA AT MUSEO NACIONAL DE BELLAS ARTES
Featuring nearly fifty works, the exhibition explores Brook’s “clouds” series and his interest in integrating sculpture into architecture and public space.
GALLERY RETURNS TO PALERMO AND VILLA CRESPO FOR ITS SECOND 2025 EDITION
The cultural event turns Buenos Aires into a vibrant art route: galleries, museums, artist studios, and independent spaces open their doors with free activities and special programs.
ARTEBA: AT THE CENTER OF CONTEMPORARY ART
Youth, performance, and permanence: Argentina’s most important art fair has opened at Centro Costa Salguero and will run until August 31.
THE HYPNOTIC NATURE OF AN EXPOSED STAGECRAFT
By Violeta Méndez
Just steps from the door, I heard the echoes of Tramoya. Curiosity guided my body toward the gallery, stealing from me the chance to prepare for the detours and fragmentations the works would provoke—and for the attempts to piece together those fragments within my own body.
AGUSTIN DI LUCIANO'S CHRONOTOPIC REALITY AT MARCO MUSEUM
Last few weeks to enjoy a unique experience at the Museum of Contemporary Art in La Boca: an immersive exhibition that combines art, technology, and audience participation.
AFFAIR #3: A FAIR COMMITTED TO NEW CONNECTIONS, IN BUENOS AIRES
The contemporary art fair organized by gallerists opens to the public in Buenos Aires’ renovated downtown featuring “resident” and “guest” galleries as well as international participants.
SOFT RESISTANCE
By Daniela Arroyo
On Atardecer en un bosque (Sunset in a Forest), the latest solo exhibition by Tadeo Muleiro at the Luis Perlotti Sculpture Museum in Buenos Aires, curated by Jen Zapata.
CASA ALBERTO HEREDIA ANNOUNCES ITS NEW 2025–2026 RESIDENTS
The Museo de Arte Moderno de Buenos Aires has announced the twelve new residents for its August–December 2025 and March–June 2026 periods.
BIENALSUR CELEBRATES TEN YEARS WITH A NEW EDITION IN BUENOS AIRES
BIENALSUR Week 2025 opened with a diverse and expansive program at key venues in the city of Buenos Aires. It will continue throughout July and run until December at various venues.
GALLERY 2025 INAUGURATES ITS TOUR THROUGH THE NEIGHBORHOODS OF BUENOS AIRES
With the support of the Ministry of Culture of the City of Buenos Aires, Gallery returns on Friday, June 6, 2025, bringing its iconic art circuit to the neighborhoods of Recoleta, Retiro, and Microcentro. The initiative aims to promote visits to artistic spaces such as galleries, museums, artist studios, and foundations, with the goal of bringing contemporary art closer to the general public and showcasing the excellence of the local art scene.
120 YEARS OF WOMEN REVOLUTIONIZING DESIGN
Proa Foundation celebrates the reopening of its renovated spaces with an exhibition organized in collaboration with the Vitra Design Museum: Here We Are! Women in Design 1900–Today, a journey through 120 years of female creativity, innovation, and talent in design.
DA-LI-LA: THE MALLEABILITY OF THE FIXED
From White Plaster to Colorful Textiles, Dalila Puzzovio (1942, Buenos Aires) has always known how to appreciate broken bodies and dress the living. While some destroy, others build is the title of one of her photographs—a phrase that runs through her remarkable artistic career.
TWO NEW EXHIBITIONS AT THE MUSEUM OF MODERN ART OF BUENOS AIRES
Valentina Quintero: A Day in the Life, the first institutional exhibition in Buenos Aires of the young artist from Mendoza, and Jorge Miño: The Fourth Wall, a proposal that redefines the relationship between photography and space, are exhibited at the Museo Moderno under the curatorship of Raúl Flores.
PINTA BAphoto OPENS GALLERY APPLICATIONS FOR THE 2025 EDITION
The fair has officially announced the opening of applications for exhibiting galleries interested in participating in this edition. The application deadline is May 15, 2025.
A PORTAL TO THE INCA WORLD IN BUENOS AIRES
Fundación Proa presents Los incas. Más allá de un imperio (The Incas: Beyond an Empire) in Buenos Aires, showcasing a unique selection of ceramics, textiles, stone objects, metals, and paintings that offer a fresh perspective on one of the most fascinating civilizations of pre-Hispanic America. This exhibition invites visitors to debunk myths and rediscover over four centuries of Andean culture.
PAC'S OPEN CALLS 2025: ARTISTIC AND CURATORIAL TRAINING PROGRAMS
PAC, the educational platform of the Gachi Prieto Gallery in Buenos Aires, opens the inscriptions for three programs that seek to professionalize contemporary artists and curators; through a collaborative and reflexive learning approach, the aim is to promote the construction of affective and professional networks.
LEILA TSCHOPP: ARTEBA'S WINNER FOR THE EFG LATIN AMERICA ART AWARD
In its 14th anniversary, Leila Tschopp is the winning artist of the 2024 EFG Latin America Art Award in partnership with ArtNexus. The announcement was made at Pinta Miami.

