{"id":57,"date":"2019-10-29T15:03:41","date_gmt":"2019-10-29T14:03:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/legadomitico.com\/bsas\/?p=57"},"modified":"2019-10-29T15:06:00","modified_gmt":"2019-10-29T14:06:00","slug":"a-first-timers-art-and-design-guide-to-buenos-aires","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/legadomitico.com\/bsas\/a-first-timers-art-and-design-guide-to-buenos-aires\/","title":{"rendered":"A First-Timer\u2019s Art-and-Design Guide to Buenos Aires"},"content":{"rendered":"
If you\u2019re an appreciator of the arts, there has never been a better time than right now to visit Buenos Aires. The capital has been a cultural hive for artists, intellectuals, and other members of the creative cognoscenti for well over a century, but the attention it commands on the global stage has ramped up in recent years. Buenos Aires hosts one of Latin America\u2019s most influential art fairs (arteBA<\/strong><\/a>); it was crowned UNESCO\u2019s first\u00a0City of Design<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0in 2010; and it was the inaugural participant in 2017\u2019s\u00a0Art Basel Cities<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>program. Though museums and galleries are ubiquitous throughout BA, you don\u2019t need to duck into a white box to get an art fix in this town; the entire city is a canvas. It\u2019s vibrant, multicultural, rich with murals and wheatpastes, and blessed with architectural flourishes inspired by \u2014 some may argue \u201cborrowed from\u201d \u2014 Paris, Madrid, New York, and beyond. It\u2019s the best kind of cultural mashup \u2014 everything from everywhere all at once, synergized into something strangely familiar yet altogether unique.<\/p>\n Art Basel Cities Week<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0runs from September 6 to 12, and with it comes a multi-venue exhibition featuring newly commissioned and existing works by 18 Argentine and international artists. This coincides with arteBA Fundaci\u00f3n\u2019s\u00a0Gallery Weekend Buenos Aires<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0(September 7 to 9), where more than 40 galleries are staging special exhibitions, studio tours, immersive performances, and art talks. Among the week\u2019s highlights: chats with Argentina\u2019s own\u00a0Luciana Lamothe<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Mariela Scafati<\/a>, plus New York artist Stan VanDerBeek\u2019s\u00a0Cine Dreams<\/em><\/a>, an eight-hour, overnight planetarium projection intended to be slept through. (Whatever strange dreams may come will be recorded in the morning \u2014 it\u2019s called\u00a0art<\/em>, people.) And with nonstop routes running daily from JFK and Newark to Buenos Aires\u2019s\u00a0Ministro Pistarini International Airport<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0(EZE), it\u2019s easier than ever to get down there. Here\u2019s what you don\u2019t want to miss.<\/p>\n Because Argentina is located in the Southern Hemisphere, its seasons are reversed. New York\u2019s fall is Buenos Aires\u2019s spring, and you couldn\u2019t pick a lovelier time to visit El Capital Federal. Room rates are more competitive in spring than summer and temperatures linger in the 50s, 60s, and mid-70s from September to November. Best of all: The jacaranda trees bloom in late fall, painting the town purple.<\/p>\nWhen to Go<\/h2>\n
Where to Stay<\/h2>\n