El Museo de Bellas Artes: Fine Arts in Buenos Aires
The Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes (MNBA) is the home to Argentina’s largest national fine art collection. Situated along the greenery of Libertador Avenue in the ritzy neighborhood of Recoleta, the National Fine Arts Museum 1870’s façade alludes to the primarily 19th century European pieces found inside. Bella Artes is one of Argentina’s oldest museums [...]
Buenos Aires International Circus Festival
The Buenos Aires International Circus festival, hosted by the Buenos Aires Culture Department in conjunction with the French Embassy and Institute Français, is a 12-day extravaganza dedicated to avant-garde circus arts. Acrobatics, trapeze, mime, adagio, aerial straps and physical theater shows take place in venues across the city with the big tops in Parque Patricios [...]
Feria del Libro: Buenos Aires International Book Fair
The words ‘Book Fair’ have the potential to conjure up images of elementary schoolyards with tables of used paperbacks underneath kitschy tents. Whatever mental representation arises, it is completely deceptive when it comes to Buenos Aires ‘Feria International del Libro.’ This annual celebration of the literary universe and its purveyors is the Spanish-speaking world’s [...]
2012 Buenos Aires International Indie Film Festival
Tickets are on sale for the 2012 Buenos Aires International Independent Film Festival, taking place from the 11th until the 22th of April. Known by its Spanish acronym, BAFICI, this is the yearly festival’s 14th edition. Buenos Aires’ largest festival will be bigger than ever with a total of 449 films screening in 11 locations [...]
Buenos Aires St. Patty’s Day Celebration 2012
The British in Argentina may not be too popular these days, but Argentines are happy to help the 500,000+ strong Irish descendants in the country party every March 17th. The Irish community‘s yearly St. Patrick’s Day celebration falls on a Saturday this year, which means the party in Buenos Aires promises to be huge — [...]
Chinese New Year Celebrations 2012
Buenos Aires’ Chinatown is gearing up to ring in the new year beginning this Saturday, January 21st and continuing through the weekend. The streets of Barrio Chino will be blocked off to automobile traffic and lined with stands featuring a wide variety of economical Asian street food, calligraphy demonstrations and exotic plants for sale. The festivities [...]
The 2011 Buenos Aires’ Tango Festival
The 2011 Buenos Aires World Tango Festival, now in its 11th addition runs from August 16th until August 30th. This year’s festival is a few days shorter in duration than last year’s event but it still packs a tango punch with over 150 live shows, classes, conferences and other activities featuring over 500 national and [...]
Rendez-Vous — A Boutique Hotel in the Heart of Palermo
Rendez-Vous is a boutique hotel that perfectly fits in with its chic surroundings in Palermo Hollywood. Popular with Brazilians, this oasis in the middle of one of Buenos Aires’ trendiest areas is immaculately clean with a contemporary feng shui flair. Overseen by the friendly and professional, Fréderic Dubois, the hotel features 11 uniquely decorated rooms [...]
Ciudad Emergente — Buenos Aires’ Underground Culture Festival
Ciudad Emergente (Emerging City), a festival dedicated to underground art and music, is quickly becoming one of Buenos Aires’ most anticipated yearly events. Since 2008 the city’s culture department has hosted this free festival to promote youth culture and explore new trends emerging in the world of music, film, art, dance, fashion and now, stand-up [...]
Ciudad Emergente 2011
The Buenos Aires winter festival Ciudad Emergente’s 4th edition will take place this Thursday, June 17th through Monday the 20th. This year the annual celebration of underground culture has a Parisian flavor with invited artists from the European city that has long-inspired Buenos Aires. The festival is set in the expansive Recoleta Cultural Center, [...]
