Archivo Categoría 'Museums'

Outdoor Museum

Junio 2, 2008 por travellingbuenosaires

Lanin Street

In 1998, an artist of the neighbourhood of Barracas painted the front of his house in the Lanín street as if it was one of his paintings. Three years later, and at request of neighbours, the painted facades were 40. Now, from June the 3rd to December the 30th, the same artist performs a new urban intervention along the same street.

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The celebration of the museums

Mayo 13, 2008 por travellingbuenosaires

Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes

What is a museum used for? For many things. Museum are like memories` boxes of the   city; there, the collective memory is kept there but also it is built there too. The idea about what culture, art and history means for a society is discussed and takes shape in the museums.

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