Abyss

It has been almost a year since the pandemic began its spread across the globe. It has been almost a year since we began this long period of transition, of new ways of inhabiting exteriors and interiors, as we set out on a prolonged journey of changes that subverted the daily lives of some, and […]

Amazement

Amazement lurks in the hidden corners of our everyday lives, camouflaged by what we think of as certainty, the knowledge that allows us to get on with our lives day after day. It is thus forever watchful by nature, waiting for its moment to appear suddenly and powerfully when we are shaken by the unknown. […]

Karina Peisajovich: Every time i see a rainbow

Argentine artist Karina Peisajovich’s photo series “Cada vez que veo un arco iris” [“Every time I see a rainbow”] has a date on which it began, but it has yet to come to an end. The project began one summer in 1998 when, on her way to Mar del Sur, she decided to stop to […]

SURPRISING SHAPES

An activity for children and young people with autism Art allows us to transform spots of colour or objects into different shapes, such as faces, bodies and landscapes. Argentine artist Diana Aisenberg transformed one of the museum’s columns into the body of a character and dressed it up using many small objects. We want you […]

THEMATIC SPACES

An activity for children and young people with autism In 2019, the Museo de Arte Moderno de Buenos Aires held the exhibition Ad Minoliti: Museo peluche [Ad Minoliti: Soft Museum]. The artist created a large playroom filled with fantastic characters and where the objects were found in unusual positions, resting on the floor or on […]

Poems for children – Aisenberg

“What is wrong with the lady?”by Adriana Fernández On the Mystical Robotics in the Crystal Economy by Diana Aisenberg “What is wrong with the lady?” they ask quietly. Nothing at all. Everyone has their own face! She has hairs charms brooches pearls feathers. She has eyes a fringe beads clips ringlets. She has a face […]

Poems for children – Cotelito

From the nothingness, greenby Adriana Fernández A poem about Vuelvo como un jardín después del invierno [I Return Like a Garden After Winter], Cotelito’s intervention in the cafe of the Museo Moderno Once upon a time, there was a closed space. Its doors and its locks, its gates and padlocks: silent. Once upon a time, […]

Amazement and literature: The best of friends in the world

Fantasy readings by Adriana Fernández “If there were a theory of the fantastic such as there is in the case of logic, then we would be able to discover the art of inventing stories”. Novalis (1772-1801), Frammenti (Fragments) This quote inspired Gianni Rodari to write The Grammar of Fantasy (1973). While working with very young children, Rodari […]

TENDER, SILLY AND SAD

Take part in these illustrations by Bart Network We invite you to take part in “Tiernxs, tontxs y tristes” [Tender, Silly and Sad], a series of illustrations designed by artist Bart Network for the Museo de Arte Moderno de Buenos Aires. The images explore the universe of children, monsters, diversity, tenderness and sadness. You can […]

Reborn

We are once again open to the public and there are so many new things to see, we can’t wait for you to visit! https://youtu.be/y91LG1Y8hlghttps://youtu.be/fVq6N9FxSWY Yente (Eugenia Crenovich), Buenos Aires, 1905-1990 There are several amazing aspects of this work, taking it into consideration alongside the other abstract works by Yente from the 1930s, 1940s and […]