Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
DON'T MISS…
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Andy Warhol's photography, especially if it includes abstract artist Marta Minujín (an Argentine
conceptual artist).
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One of Diego Rivera's early cubist works,
Retrato de Ramón Gómez de la Serna
(Portrait of
Ramón Gómez de la Serna, 1915).
PRACTICALITIES
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Malba
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MAP
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4808-6500
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Av Figueroa Alcorta 3415
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admission AR$40, Wed AR$20
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noon-8pm Thu-Mon, to 9pm Wed
Christened in 2001, the building is home to Eduardo F Costantini's private art collec-
tion. The millionaire and philanthropist gathered over 200 of Latin America's best art-
works from the 20th century. Well-known Argentine painters represented here include
Linoenea Spilimbergo, Jorge de la Vega, Emilio Pettoruti and Guillermo Kuitca. If they're
on display, check out figurative artist Antonio Berni's
Nuevo Realismo
(social realism)
oeuvres. Many of these artists confront social issues in their works.
Among the collection is the work of Tarsila do Amaral, one of Brazil's most famous
painters; look for her
Abaporu
(1928), one of Brazil's most important paintings and for
which Costantini paid US$1.4 million in 1995. Colombian Fernando Botero depicts hu-
man figures in cartoonish, overly plump sizes, as in his
Los Viudos
(1968). And Frida
