Dates: June 25 – 29, 2010
Location: La Rural, Azul and Verde Pabillions Av. Sarmiento 2704, Buenos Aires
All eyes were on South America a few weeks ago, not only for their five teams in the World Cup but for their largest art exhibit, arteBA celebrating Latin American art. In addition, Argentina celebrated it’s bicentennial of its first national government together with Colombia, Chile, Mexico and Venezuela.
Becoming a prominent voice in the representation of Latin American art which makes up a huge part of culture in South America, it was great to see tons of galleries of contemporary art from artist such as Vermelho, Oscar Cruz and Maria Baró (Brazil); Nueveochenta and Casas Riegner (Colombia); GalerÃa EDS, Arroniz and Garash (México); FarÃa Fábregas, Oficina #1 and Periférico Caracas (Venezuela); Animal (Chile); Nogueras Blanchard, Fernando Pradilla and La Fresh Gallery (Spain), among many others.
Some of arteBA highlights were the two-story Converse sneaker tower and Appetite’s raunchy and provocative gallery which drew one of the largest crowds. Walking around you could hear and watch passionate artists talk about the meaning and process behind their creations and how much each piece means to their soul.
Check out photos from this years arteBA.
