LONDON.- PINTA, the Latin American Art Show is open today, Monday 6 June, at Earls Court Exhibition Centre. Presenting the very best in modern and contemporary Latin American art, the show follows last week’s record sale of Latin American art at S…
Argentina Intercepts Mailed Pre-Inca Mummy, Skulls
BUENOS AIRES (AP).- The shipping label said the mailed package contained replicas of Peruvian ceramics. An X-ray machine used by customs agents discovered it really held three skulls and a mummy more than 2,000 years old. Authorities said Friday that t…
Marta Minujin Builds a Spiraling Tower Made from Thousands of Books in Buenos Aires
BUENOS AIRES (REUTERS).- A spiraling tower made from thousands of books in dozens of languages is the latest landmark to dot the skyline of Buenos Aires, named the World Book Capital this year. Called the Tower of Babel, the 82-foot (25-meter) high ins…
PINTA Announces Its 2nd Latin American Art Show in London
LONDON.- Following a successful first year in London in 2010, PINTA, the Latin American Art Show is returning to Earls Court Exhibition Centre this June 6th – 9th to present the very best in modern and contemporary Latin American art. Launched in Ne…
PINTA Announces Its Second Latin American Art Show in London
LONDON.- Following a successful first year in London in 2010, PINTA, the Latin American Art Show is returning to Earls Court Exhibition Centre this June to present the very best in modern and contemporary Latin American art. Launched in New York City i…
Beatles Memorabilia Museum with Thousands of Objects Opens in Buenos Aires
BUENOS AIRES (AP).- A brick from The Cavern Club, a check for 11 pounds signed by Ringo Starr, an “authentic” Beatles wig. These and thousands of other objects related to the “Fab Four” are luring Beatles fans to a new museum in Buenos Aires. The museu…
Beatles Memorabilia Museum with Thousands of Objects Opens in Buenos Aires
BUENOS AIRES (AP).- A brick from The Cavern Club, a check for 11 pounds signed by Ringo Starr, an “authentic” Beatles wig. These and thousands of other objects related to the “Fab Four” are luring Beatles fans to a new museum in Buenos Aires. The museu…
Beatles Memorabilia Museum Opens in Buenos Aires
BUENOS AIRES (AP).- brick from The Cavern Club, a check for 11 pounds signed by Ringo Starr, an “authentic” Beatles wig. These and thousands of other objects related to the “Fab Four” are luring Beatles fans to a new museum in Buenos Aires. The museum…
Felipe Calderon and Cristina Fernandez Inaugurate Rescued David Alfaro Siqueiros Mural
BUENOS AIRES (AP).- Submerged in obscurity and perilous conditions for most of its nearly 70-year history, a mural by painter David Alfaro Siqueiros, now carefully restored, was inaugurated Friday by the presidents of Mexico and Argentina in a place of…
Hirshhorn Museum in Washington Presents Major Guillermo Kuitca Retrospective
WASHINGTON, DC.- For more than 30 years Guillermo Kuitca (Argentinean, b. Buenos Aires, 1961) has forged a distinctive path as an artist, creating visually compelling works that reflect his intense and often ambivalent relationship to his primary mediu…