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.

It’s been a long wait. After nearly four years of eerie silence, music will tonight ring through the great hall of the Teatro Colón, Argentina’s most emblematic cultural monument. And, after nearly four years of painstaking repairs, we are assured that the great theatre will sparkle as it did when inaugurated on 25th May, 1908.

This may have happened to you too. You’re on a bus on Avenida Córdoba, hardly noticing anything about your surroundings beyond the fellow passengers crammed up against you on all sides and perhaps trying to catch a glimpse of your watch while beginning to gnash your teeth at the traffic gridlock. Then, all of a sudden your full attention is grasped by a resplendent block-long palace of a building.

In Buenos Aires, a city famous for both its style and its Italian heritage, you don’t have to look very far to find a beautiful suit. But if you want to take your interest in tailoring further than just admiring shop windows, there are two exhibitions than will cater to your needs.

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.

Amid the multitude of unique art galleries in Buenos Aires, The British Arts Centre is hosting artist Simon Boyd’s latest exhibit, ‘The Jousters’ Banquet’. A pastel-coloured trip down the winding stairs of the gallery exposes a world of knights, fighting roosters, and what perceptions a move from the UK to Argentina can produce.

Patagonia has been a land of inspiration for many. Already in 1893, William Henry Hudson wrote Idle Days in Patagonia, a book that has been a reference for the Fundación Patagonica, a group of more than 40 Belgian artists who also used the Argentine region as a muse and without ever having set foot in the area.

For the tenth time, Banco Ciudad chose to give a chance to photography professionals and amateurs to exhibit their work Centro Cultural Recoleta. The exhibition includes pictures of the last ten contests, and those taken between 2000 and 2009. ‘Gente de mi ciudad’ has always been the theme in focus (which would translate into ‘people of my city’).