1) Elixir, Wussmann Gallery San Telmo. Wussmann Gallery hosts ‘Elixir’, a show by Conchetinas, a collective of five female artists. Conchetinas describe themselves as a “group of improvisation actresses who perform poetic acts of free creativity”. Conchetinas do not fear experimentation. Besides the theatrical side of their presentations, the five artists produce eye-catching pieces of […]

In a bizarre incident at ArteBA, Mayor Mauricio Macri broke a sculpture by grabbing the arse of a television host and shoving him into the artwork. Kyle Younker talks to artist Seth Wulsin.

‘Fotografos Argentinos’ is an innovative series of books that provide a new space for the country’s contemporary photographers, the latest four of which were released last month.

1. Antonio Berni at MNBA. If you are in Argentina, without doubt you should first see one of the highlights of Argentine history of art, Antonio Berni: Narrativos Argentinos (1905-1981), at the National Museum of Fine Arts. Almost 30 pieces give a good account of the different issues Berni addressed in his work: New Realism […]

On a visit to Buenos Aires, the Floralis Genérica is a standard stop on the Recoleta itinerary. However, mere metres away, stands an institution that has played an instrumental part in shaping today’s Argentine society.

Red, white, and black colours full of slogans, animals, and old Soviet Union-esque labour propaganda decorate the walls of the upstairs section of the alternative urban art gallery Hollywood in Cambodia. Inspired by the enthusiastic punk rock guitar riffs, artist Tester scratches away an image of a man hoisting a large hammer upon a plastic transparency.

San Telmo is full of art. It has a distinct presence, visible in the old European architecture, in the form of tango in the plazas, and at the feria every Sunday. It also lives at 736 Carlos Calvo.

Sub, a photographic cooperative, recently exhibited a series of photos taken in two barrios of Buenos Aires, La Boca and Barracas. Neither of these barrios are particularly picturesque. La Boca has the photogenic Caminito, but there’s nothing there that hasn’t been reprinted in a million postcards. However, their photos created a journey of discovery that took the viewer through the lives of the people within these barrios.

Walk into Una Casa, an independent music and art venue, and you enter a strange world. From the outside it looks as inoffensive as its name – just like any other San Telmo house. But on the inside it is host to a truly weird mix of avant-garde music and art. In fact, the artists that perform here often stretch the definition of the word ‘music’ to its very limits.

The Colección de Arte Amalia LaCroze de Fortabat is the latest and greatest display of art in Buenos Aires’ Puerto Madero – but don’t make the mistake of calling it a museum. The newest gallery of paintings and objects in Puerto Madero are a stunning portion of the wealthiest woman in Argentina’s personal collection of over a thousand works of art and an absolute must-see for any Buenos Aires visitor.