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<strong>Buenos</strong> <strong>Aires</strong>’ <strong>Top</strong> <strong>10</strong><br />
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Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes<br />
The outstanding National Museum of Fine Arts was founded<br />
in 1896 as part of a drive to inculcate a taste for the arts in<br />
Argentina. It moved to its present location in 1932, and today<br />
preserves over 12,000 works of art. Around 800 of these are<br />
in permanent collections boasting the greatest gathering of<br />
international masters in Latin America. On display are works<br />
by Rubens, Rembrandt, Goya, Rodin, Monet, Renoir, Cezanne,<br />
Van Gogh, Picasso, Kandinsky, Pollock, Miró, and Rothko.<br />
Argentinian greats to look out for here include Cándido López,<br />
Antonio Berni, Benito Quinquela Martín, and Guillermo Kuitca.<br />
Exterior of MNBA<br />
Hand-held audio<br />
guides in Spanish<br />
and English can be<br />
rented from the gift<br />
shop on the ground<br />
floor, which also<br />
stocks excellent<br />
written guides to<br />
the museum.<br />
Located behind the<br />
museum, the sleek<br />
Modena Design<br />
restaurant has tasty<br />
snacks and a full<br />
menu, plus an<br />
outside terrace.<br />
• Map N3<br />
• Avda. del Libertador<br />
1473<br />
• 4801-3390<br />
• Open 12:30–8:30pm<br />
Tue–Fri; 9:30am–8:30pm<br />
Sat–Sun<br />
• www.mnba.org.ar<br />
• Modena Design:Avda.<br />
Figueroa Alcorta<br />
2220/70; 4809-0567<br />
<strong>Top</strong> <strong>10</strong> Features<br />
1 Hirsch Collection<br />
2 Francisco de Goya y<br />
Lucientes<br />
3 Graphic Arts 1940–70<br />
4 Pre-Columbian Andean<br />
Textiles<br />
5 Di Tella Collection<br />
6 Quirós’ Collection<br />
7 1960s Argentinian Art:<br />
The New Figuration<br />
8 Sculpture Patio<br />
9 Mercedes Santamarina<br />
Collection<br />
0 1970s Argentinian Art:<br />
Realism<br />
! Hirsch Collection<br />
Located within the<br />
Old Masters wing, this<br />
collection features 16thand<br />
17th-century Dutch and<br />
Flemish artists, including<br />
works by Rubens and<br />
Rembrandt; the latter’s<br />
Portrait of the Artist’s Sister<br />
(above) is a brilliant study in<br />
light and shade. A French<br />
tapestry from 1627 and a<br />
stunning Venetian Neptune<br />
bronze complete the salon.<br />
Francisco de Goya<br />
@ y Lucientes<br />
Goya’s oil paintings (1808–<br />
12) of the Napoleonic Wars<br />
depict battlefield scenes in<br />
desolate black-gray<br />
landscapes, lit only by the<br />
orange and red of fire and<br />
bloodletting (below).<br />
If pushed for time, head straight for the stunning modern<br />
masters’ exhibits – turn right at the main entrance hall.<br />
MNBA Poster
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