arteBA 2010

arteBA, Buenos Aires’ biggest international art fair, opened Thursday night with a free bash. Chandon champagne flowed freely while show girls (and guys) wandered around the huge La Rural convention …
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BA Photo of the Week: Gauchito Gil

For some reason, I’ve never taken a photo of this, one of Grolou’s best pieces in San Telmo. Luckily someone else took a nice one.

Grolou …
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Gallery Roundup

Despite the primacy of the World Cup at the moment, the arts season has begun here in San Telmo with several galleries having opened significant exhibitions. Later on in the …
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Word of the Week: Adornar

ADORNAR

Literally adornar means to make something look nicer, to improve something by making it more beautiful. But, in typical Argentine style, in common parlance, otherwise known as slang, it …
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Saturday Night in Art Factory: AL VER VERÁS

Free films and presentation at Art Factory Hostel tonight in the rooftop bar.

In other news, Argentina won against Nigeria, 1-0.

BA Photo Of the Day: In the Navy

Louis Grolou has painted more walls and buildings on the streets of San Telmo, I think, than any other graffiti artist who is also represented on the walls of Art …
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