Art around Buenos Aires

Headed for the lovely MALBA (Museo de Arte Latinoamericana de Buenos Aires) on the wide Avenida Figueroa Alcorta for a view of Venezuelan born artist Carlos Cruz-Diez, whose work is difficult to describe.  His work shows the movement of color, literally, as each work looks different depending on the angle from which it is viewed.  Check out http://www.malba.org.ar/web/exposiciones.php?subseccion=actuales (Eng. trans. available at the top) for more info.  The building, which is just coming to its 10th anniversary is also light and airy.
  Inside MALBA
Made our way to La Boca---one of the more touristy spots in BA, on the water—albeit foul-smelling—where street art mixes with tango dancers and cut-out figures for souvenir pics.  Out of sight, but only a few blocks off is the huge Boca Juniors soccer stadium, La Bombonera, steeped in its own cultural lore.  The Boca is  nevertheless a colorful corner of the city, and a magnet for photographers.

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From La Boca we moved over to San Telmo, the original seat for wealthy Buenos Aires.  After a nasty epidemic of yellow fever at the end of the 19c. the rich moved to Recoleta, and the area fell into disrepair.  In recent years it has become home to an array of different artists and musicians, and it features lots of antique shops as well as a nice art fair on the weekends.  The area’s lingering charm shines through the ornate grillwork in the windows, the fading house front colors and the shops that alternate between old finery and baroque-looking chairs, to collections of lustrous silver as well as musty opera gloves.  More to feast the eyes on—especially in the continued glorious weather.

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