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<strong>Buenos</strong> <strong>Aires</strong>’ <strong>Top</strong> <strong>10</strong><br />
22<br />
Museo de Arte Latinoamericano<br />
de <strong>Buenos</strong> <strong>Aires</strong> (MALBA)<br />
Almost at the same time as the collapse of the Argentinian economy, a vital<br />
new pillar of national culture rose in Palermo Chico. Since September 2001<br />
the Constantini Collection, a previously nomadic cache of more than 200<br />
prized Latin-American artworks, has lodged in the modern, airy, multilevel<br />
institution known as MALBA. Like New York’s revamped Museum of Modern<br />
Art, the building has been accused of diminishing its paintings, sculptures,<br />
recordings, and photographs. Yet visitors strolling through the permanent<br />
collection or taking in an art-house film find the scale surprisingly intimate.<br />
MALBA’s façade<br />
English-language<br />
guided tours are<br />
available for groups<br />
who make a reservation<br />
in advance.<br />
MALBA’s restaurant<br />
serves international<br />
fare in a bright,<br />
modern setting.<br />
Paseo Alcorta’s<br />
(see p39) food court<br />
offers dozens of<br />
lunch options too.<br />
• Map M2<br />
• Avda. Figueroa Alcorta<br />
3415 • 4808-6500<br />
• Open noon–8pm Thu–<br />
Mon; noon–9pm Wed;<br />
closed Tue<br />
• MALBA’s Restaurant:<br />
open 9am–9pm Sun–<br />
Wed; 9am–1pm Thu–Sat<br />
• Adm US$15; free entry<br />
Wed<br />
• www.malba.org.ar<br />
<strong>Top</strong> <strong>10</strong> Features<br />
1 Tiendamalba<br />
2 Xul Solar – Pareja (1923)<br />
3 Pablo Curatella Manes –<br />
El Acordeonista (1922)<br />
4 Antonio Seguí – La Distancia<br />
de la Mirada (1976)<br />
5 MALBA Cine<br />
6 Guillermo Kuitca –<br />
Various Pieces<br />
7 Fernando Botero –<br />
Los Viudos (1968)<br />
8 Antonio Berni –<br />
Manifestación (1934)<br />
9 Ernesto Deira – Nine<br />
Variations Over a Well-Tensed<br />
Canvas (1965)<br />
0 Frida Kahlo – Autoretrato<br />
con Chango y Loro (1942)<br />
! Tiendamalba<br />
MALBA’s gift shop<br />
stocks the requisite postcards<br />
and books, but<br />
what sets Tiendamalba<br />
apart are its plush dolls,<br />
leather cow figurines,<br />
and knick-knacks (below).<br />
Xul Solar @ – Pareja (1923)<br />
Wildly imaginative Solar<br />
(see p88) is at the<br />
height of his powers<br />
with Pareja (below).<br />
The warmth and<br />
light he achieved<br />
earned him many<br />
comparisons to<br />
European masters.<br />
£ Pablo Curatella<br />
5<br />
Entrance<br />
1<br />
Manes – El<br />
Acordeonista (1922)<br />
This 20th-century sculptor<br />
befriended Cubism godfather<br />
Juan Gris while in<br />
Paris in the 1920s. The<br />
Spaniard’s influence is<br />
seen in El Acordeonista.<br />
4<br />
6<br />
2<br />
3
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