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MALBA
Until recently, Latin
American art was not considered
highly collectible by the com-
mercial art industry. In the 1980s
and 90s, however, Eduardo
Constantini's aggressive
acquisition of
rioplatense
art
started a worldwide re-
examination of Xul Solar, Hélio
Oitica, Roberto Matta, and oth-
ers, making their auction prices
reach record highs. His prizes
now decorate the world-class art
museum MALBA
Museo Evita
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Museo Evita
For a woman whose public-
speaking bombast and charisma
rivaled her borderline-fascist
husband's, Eva Perón is remem-
bered for her grace, beauty, and
delicate health. Museo Evita, an
elegant building, was former
(see pp22-3).
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Jardín Japonés
The images of koi ponds and
bridges in the tourist brochures
belong to the Jardín Japonés, a
Japanese garden with bonsai
trees, festive shrines, and
pagodas. The garden, a gift from
the city's Japanese community,
also contains an excellent sushi
café that serves impeccably
fresh sashimi all day.
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Map M2
• Casares 2966 • 4804-4922 • Open
10am-6pm daily; restaurant: 10am-6pm,
7:30pm-midnight Wed-Mon • Adm
• www.jardinjapones.org.ar
ly a
lodge for Argentinian women
who moved to Buenos Aires to
find work, dedicated by Evita in
1948. The ex-First Lady's
dresses, letters, and identity
cards share space with propa-
ganda posters and subtitled
video clips captured at political
rallies.
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Map L3 • Calle Lafinur 2988
• 4807-9433 • Open 2-7:30pm Tue-Sun
• Adm • Free English-language tours
available • www.museoevita.org
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Museo de Arte Popular
José Hernández
No other museum evokes the
grand, diverse country
surrounding the capital like this
one, named in honor of
Argentina's own Homer, José
Hernández
, author of
the 1872 folkloric epic poem
Martín Fierro
(see p33)
. Two levels of folk
crafts, textiles, weaponry, and
jewelry, produced from icy Tierra
del Fuego to the sub-Amazonian
jungles of Misiones, are as
sem-
bled around a flowering garden
inside this petite former hotel.
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Map M2 • Avda. del Libertador 2373
• 4803-2384 • Open 1-7pm Wed-Fri,
10am-8pm Sat, Sun • Adm • Guided tour:
4801-9019 • www.museohernandez.org.ar
Jardín Japonés
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