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Sculpture Exhibit at Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes

The Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes in Buenos AIres is hosting a new sculpture exhibit featuring Argentine sculptures from 1895 to 1914. The sollection is part of a first collection of sculptures acquired by the museum’s founder Eduardo Schiaffino.

The collection includes works by renowned local names such as Arturo Dresco, Pedro Zonza Briano, Lucio Correa Morales, Mateo Alonso, Francisco Cafferata, Víctor de Pol.

Shiaffino wanted to create a space where students and artists would be in direct contat with each other and he wanted to exhibit great works of art. (more…)

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Collivadino at the Museo Nacional de Buenos Aires

The Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes (MNBA) in the Recoleta area of Buenos Aires is presenting a new exhibit this week, with the work of Pío Collivadino, an Argentine artist famous for his portrayal of the landscapes of the city. The artist, who was born in 1869, was an expat in Italy from 1890-1906 where he studied art and got his education. Upon his return to Buenos Aires, he cofounded the Nexus group along with Fernando Fader, Cesáreo Bernaldo de Quirós, Carlos Ripamonte, Justo Lynch, Alberto Rossi and the famous sculptors Arturo Dresco and Rogelio Yrurtia. (more…)