The Museo de Arte Moderno de Buenos Aires, a public institution answering to the Buenos Aires City Government’s Ministry of Culture, is pleased to present its ambitious 2026 Programme / 70 Anniversary Edition, which will be unveiled beginning 15–18 April 2026. Our 70 Anniversary Programme, Habitando el futuro [Our Home, the Future], comprises ten exhibitions housed in the Moderno’s main building, at Avenida San Juan 350. Each exhibition offers different perspectives on and approaches to the ways we inhabit the Earth, with special emphasis on the relationships between art, design, nature, architecture and urbanism. The programme, which will also include hundreds of public, educational and editorial programmes, uses metaphors to situate art research around various geographical spaces: the ocean depths; the power of rivers and riverine environments; the churning ferment at the Earth’s core manifested in volcanic activity; the connectedness of forests, skies and the cosmos. Addressing each of these natural environments in turn, Habitando el futuro will explore how we as humanity relate to our natural and social environments and engage with crucial questions about the future. The Moderno’s 70 Anniversary Edition broadly seeks to affirm and deepen the seven institutional values that guide and inform our work: the promotion of art, imagination and the social role of the artist; a commitment to ongoing research and historical understanding; support for freedom of expression and experimental artistic creation and production; a belief in the importance of education in the arts and of the arts in education; dedication to equity, inclusion and accessibility; care for wellbeing, health and community ties; a commitment to sustainability and care for the planet.
Our 70 Anniversary Edition Habitando el futuro coincides with a crucial date in Argentina’s history: 2026 will mark fifty years since the coup d’état that ushered in the last military dictatorship in our country, a regime marked by censorship, violence and terror. To commemorate this painful chapter in our history while envisioning a different and better future for the country and the region, the Moderno will present two unprecedented and ambitious exhibitions, to take place beyond the walls of our Avenida San Juan home, in major institutions in the city and abroad. First, in the city, and thanks to an initiative of the Parque de la Memoria – Monument to the Victims of State Terrorism, the Moderno will present a major exhibition at the Parque de la Memoria of pieces from its collection that highlight the work of many artists who used art to express their reflections, struggles, condemnations or mourning during this complex period. The exhibition will be curated in partnership with professionals from both institutions. Meanwhile, in Venice, the Museo Moderno will present a collective exhibition at Spazio Punch. This collateral event will run concurrently with the 61st International Art Exhibition – Venice Biennale and is dedicated to highlighting the power of contemporary Argentinian art – from the last military dictatorship to the present – as a tool for warnings, condemnations, criticisms and reflections on civic and democratic values.
Today, at a time of international shortsightedness and growing censorship, it is more important than ever to protect freedom of expression in art, the role of artists as intellectuals capable of stimulating reflection on reality and of fostering critical thinking, as well as the role of the museum as a civic, institutional and, in our case, public space, with all the immense responsibility this entails.
To build the Museo Moderno today means building community and constituting a safe space for dialogue between differing positions and truths, one in which collaboration among a plurality of voices and perspectives remains possible, allowing us to reflect on ourselves as human beings and on the planet itself, its creatures, its environments and its future.
In this, its 70 Anniversary Edition, the Museo Moderno proudly presents inspiring dialogues among pieces from its own collections and works and projects by renowned national and international artists. As is customary under its current leadership, the Museo Moderno will once again actively encourage and support, with great pride and enthusiasm, the production of new works by Argentinian artists.
Victoria Noorthoorn, Director, Museo de Arte Moderno de Buenos Aires
Exhibitions
Moderno y Metamoderno: Edición 70 Aniversario [Moderno and Metamoderno: 70th Anniversary Edition] is an ambitious exhibition of the museum’s collection displayed over three large rooms on the First Floor, allowing visitors to appreciate the history and scope of the largest public collection of modern and contemporary Argentinian art in the country. Featuring more than 300 works selected from a collection of over 8,000 pieces, the exhibition offers a diverse and comprehensive overview of Argentinian art movements while reflecting the research, exhibition and publication processes that have established the Museo Moderno as a leading-edge institution.
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Artists and designers: Susi Aczel, Carmelo Arden Quin, Sergio Avello, Eduardo Basualdo, Elba Bairon, Carrie Bencardino, Antonio Berni, Ricardo Blanco, Colette Boccara, Sofía Bohtlingk, Alejandro Bustillo, Juan Cavallero, Luis Centurión, Elda Cerrato, María Colmenero, Eugenia Crenovich, Flavia Da Rin, Marina De Caro, Sergio De Loof, Germaine Derbecq, Juan Carlos Distéfano, Martín Eisler, León Ferrari, Rubén Fontana, Luis Frangella, Ana Gallardo, Carlos Luis García Bes, Nicolás García Uriburu, Noemí Gerstein, Edgardo Giménez, Guillermo González Ruiz, Alberto Greco, Alberto Heredia, Lido Iacopetti, Ennio Iommi, César Janello, Kenneth Kemble, Hugo Kogan, Guillermo Kuitca, Fernanda Laguna, Julio Le Parc, Reynaldo Leiro, Alfredo Londaibere, Raúl Lozza, Eduardo Mac Entyre, Víctor Magariños, Liliana Maresca, Tomás Maldonado, María Martorell, Trinidad Metz Brea, Marta Minujín, Roberto Nápoli, Margarita Paksa, Aldo Paparella, Luis Pazos, Sandro Pereira, Emilio Pettoruti, Alejandro Puente, Tiziana Pierri, Rogelio Polesello, Dalila Puzzovio, Valentina Quintero, Emilio Renart, Juan Carlos Romero, Rubén Santantonin, Cristina Schiavi, Carlos Silva, Oscar Smoje, Juan Stoppani, Pablo Suárez, Juan Tessi, Luis Tomasello, Leila Tschopp, Georges Vantongerloo, Gregorio Vardánega, Sesostris Vitullo, Luis Alberto Wells, Xul Solar y Guido Yannitto.
Curated by: Victoria Noorthoorn, Director of the Museo Moderno, in coordination with the Moderno’s curatorial team, including the notable participation of: Patricio Orellana, Head of the Curatorial Department; Franco Chimento, Curator of Argentinian Design; Pino Monkes, Head of Conservation, and Valeria Semilla, Head of Collections
This exhibition offers an immersive journey through the ocean depths, underwater biodiversity and the remote landscapes of Antarctica, to imagine new forms of existence in a world ravaged by the climate crisis and technological acceleration.
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Artists, architects and scientists: Giacomo Bove (Italia,1852) y Giovanni Roncagli (Italia,1857), Aurora Castillo (Argentina, 1987), Jimena Croceri (Argentina, 1981), Gustav Doré (Francia, 1832), Drexciya (Estados Unidos, 1989), Movimiento Habitar Las Algas (SOA Argentina, CONICET, Oceanar, Kalfu Mapu, Marea Sintiente, UTN, UNTDF, Ecocentro), Instituto de Conservación de Ballenas (Argentina), Max Hooper Schneider (Estados Unidos, 1982), Carlos Ginzburg (Argentina, 1946), Pierre Huyghe (Francia, 1962), Julian Charrière (Suiza, 1987), Juan Pablo Renzi (Argentina, 1940), Erica Bohm (Argentina, 1976) y Amancio Williams (Argentina, 1913).
Curated by: Alfredo Aracil, Head of the Education Department at the Museo Moderno, in collaboration with Victoria Noorthoorn, director, and Patricio Orellana, Head of the Curatorial Department
Naturaleza arquitecta [Nature, the Architect] is an invitation to listen to the voice of the Earth – the murmurs of its rivers, the choruses of its forests, the restless rumblings of its volcanoes – and to conceive of nature as an artist capable of unleashing all its creative, political, vital force.
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Artists and collectives: Manuel Brandazza (Argentina, 1975), Adriana Bustos (Argentina, 1965), Ariel Cusnir (Argentina, 1981), Jonathas de Andrade (Brazil, 1982), Julián D’Angiolillo (Argentina, 1976), Cao Guimarães (Brazil, 1965) & Rivane Neuenschwander (Brazil, 1967), Florencia Levy (Argentina, 1979), m7red (Argentina, 2005), Valeria Maggi (Argentina, 1985), Eduardo Navarro (Argentina, 1979), Rayana Rayo (Brazil, 1989), Casa Río Lab (Argentina, 2021), Florencia Rodríguez Giles (Argentina, 1978), Sebastián Roque (Argentina, 1982), Tomás Saraceno (Argentina, 1973), Felix Shumba (Zimbabwe, 1989) and Paulo Tavares (Brazil, 1980), and Utopía del Sur / Fundación Nicolás García Uriburu (Argentina), among others.
Curated by: Patricio Orellana, Head of the Curatorial Department at the Museo Moderno, in conversation with Victoria Noorthoorn, director of the Museo Moderno
Ariel Cusnir (Buenos Aires, 1981) will perform an intervention in the Museo Moderno building, from the façade to the reception hall, unfolding like a fantastical narrative: a brief tale on a grand scale. For Cusnir, the project represents an expanded challenge and an upward shift in scale of production, taking as its starting point his small watercolours inspired by nature, science fiction and anachronistic references to the narrative of Argentinian history. By taking watercolour – a medium that evokes freshness and fluidity – to the scale of a mural that will occupy common spaces at the museum, Cusnir will envelop visitors in a natural world full of delicacy and wonder, and where the everyday can become immense. With references to diverse natural environments and featuring plants, rivers and ants, this is a unique work that will welcome visitors to the Museo Moderno.
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For years, Ana Gallardo (Rosario, 1958) has researched well-being and caring for emotional bonds, with human encounters providing the focus of her work. In one of her most important projects, Gallardo examines her emotional memory of her mother, artist Carmen Gómez Raba, who passed away very young, when Ana herself was just a young girl. In a loving gesture that seeks to recover her memories through reflecting on that emptiness, full of both absence and presence, Gallardo will transform the Café del Moderno into a space for socialising and reflection on the emotional and loving bonds that shape us and give us the strength to embark on the journey that is life. Her configuration of the space will offer a still life on a grand scale, brimming with emotional encounters at the communal level.
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As part of its 70 Anniversary celebrations, the Museo Moderno, in partnership with Spazio Punch, will present the collective exhibition Oscuridad visible: la larga sombra de la Dictadura [Darkness Visible: The Long Shadow of Dictatorship], a collateral event that will run concurrently with the 61st International Art Exhibition – Venice Biennale. The exhibition will commemorate the painful chapter in Argentina’s history following the coup d’état that ushered in the country’s last military dictatorship fifty years ago.
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Artists: León Ferrari (Buenos Aires, 1920), Luis Pazos (La Plata, 1940–2023), Marcelo Brodsky (Buenos Aires, 1954), Luis Camnitzer (Lübeck, Alemania, 1937), Marta Minujín (Buenos Aires, 1943), Gianni Mestichelli (Ascoli Piceno, Italy, 1945), Eduardo Gil (Buenos Aires, 1948), Aldo Sessa (Buenos Aires, 1939), Guillermo Kuitca (Buenos Aires, 1961), Liliana Maresca (Avellaneda, 1951–1994), Sergio De Loof (Buenos Aires, 1962–2020), La Organización Negra (Buenos Aires, 1984), Archivo de la Memoria Trans (Buenos Aires, 2012), Ana Gallardo (Rosario, 1958), Nicanor Aráoz (Buenos Aires, 1981), Eduardo Basualdo (Buenos Aires, 1977) and Flavia Da Rin (Buenos Aires, 1978), among others.
Curated by: Victoria Noorthoorn, Director of the Museo Moderno, based on an initiative by Augusto Maurandi, Founding Director of Spazio Punch, and with the collaboration of Patricio Orellana, Head of the Curatorial Department at the Museo Moderno
Location: Spazio Punch – Fondamenta S. Biagio, 800/o, Venecia, Italia.
An official Collateral Event of the 61st International Art Exhibition – Venice Biennale (2026)
A commemorative exhibition of the Museo Moderno Collection fifty years on from the coup d’état
Fifty years after the coup d’état that ushered in the last military dictatorship (1976–1983) and thanks to an initiative of the Parque de la Memoria – Monument to the Victims of State Terrorism, the Museo Moderno will present a significant body of works from its collection to highlight the ways Argentinian artists responded to this complex period of political violence. The exhibition will take place at the park to commemorate this painful chapter in Argentina’s history.
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Artists: Paulina Berlatzky (La Plata, 1918), Marcelo Brodsky (Buenos Aires, 1954), Juana Butler (Buenos Aires, 1928), Juan José Cambre (Buenos Aires, 1948), Ricardo Carpani (Tigre, 1930), Ricardo Carreira (Buenos Aires, 1948), Juan Carlos Castagnino (Mar del Plata, 1908), Elda Cerrato (Asti, Italia, 1930), Diana Dowek (Buenos Aires, 1942), Roberto Elia (Buenos Aires, 1950), Sara Facio (San Isidro, 1932), León Ferrari (Buenos Aires, 1920), Edgardo Giménez (Santo Tomé, 1942), Norberto Gómez (Buenos Aires, 1941), Carlos Gorriarena (Buenos Aires, 1925), Víctor Grippo (Junin, 1936), Alberto Heredia (Buenos Aires, 1924), Enio Iommi (Rosario, 1926), Leandro Katz (Buenos Aires, 1938), Carlos Langone (Buenos Aires, 1945), Rómulo Macció (Buenos Aires, 1931), Josefina Mazzaglia (Vicente López, 1923), Marta Minujín (Buenos Aires, 1943), Luis Felipe Noé (Buenos Aires, 1933), Marie Orensanz (Mar del Plata, 1936), Diulio Pierri (Buenos Aires, 1954), Josefina Quesada (Buenos Aires, 1930), Juan Carlos Romero (Avellaneda, 1931), Gabriel Salomón (Buenos Aires, 1943), Antonio Seguí (Villa Allende, 1934), Luis Seoane (Buenos Aires, 1910), Aldo Sessa (Buenos Aires, 1939), Carlos Squirru (Buenos Aires, 1934), Carlos Ernesto Uría (Buenos Aires, 1929), Edgardo Antonio Vigo (La Plata, 1928), Horacio Zabala (Buenos Aires, 1943).
Curated by: Nicolás Cuello, Curator at the Museo Moderno, and Cecilia Nisembaum, Curator at the Parque de la Memoria – Monument to the Victims of State Terrorism
Location: Parque de la Memoria – Monument to the Victims of State Terrorism, Av. Costanera Rafael Obligado 6745, CABA
This exhibition is the result of a long-standing relationship between the Museo Moderno and the Fundación IDA, Investigación en Diseño Argentino [Research in Argentine Design], an institution dedicated to the conservation of historical and contemporary Argentine design. This collaboration deepens our efforts to create a joint catalogue and expand research into the material culture of design. It brings together collections spanning more than a century of national production, which have become a point of reference for specialists across the continent. The alliance between our institutions looks to strengthen the development of a shared historical memory and facilitate knowledge platforms that expand the public dissemination of Argentine design.
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Designers TBD
Curated by: Franco Chimento, Curator of Argentinian Design, in collaboration with Fundación IDA (Investigación en Diseño Argentino)
In this project, complemented by an educational programme for primary school teachers and students, the great artist Luis Camnitzer (born in 1937 in Lübeck, Germany, a citizen of Uruguay and the United States) explores the creative and pedagogical possibilities of artificial intelligence. Far from the fear that this technology often arouses, the artist uses it as a tool for thinking and learning. Through it, he imagines a dialogue set in the present day with the Venezuelan philosopher Simón Rodríguez, Bolívar’s teacher and champion of the emancipatory power of education. Camnitzer is a key figure in Latin American conceptual art and a seminal thinker in the study of the relationship between art and radical pedagogies. Todo por aprender [Everything to Learn] presents art as a space for experimentation and shared knowledge, a space where creating is also a way of learning and freeing critical imagination.
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Curated by: Alfredo Aracil, Head of the Education Department
Curated by the Artist, Onome Ekeh – who held a solo exhibition at the Museo Moderno in 2024 – in collaboration with Nicolás Cuello, Bosques umbral [Forests on the Threshold] investigates technology understood in its most expansive sense, from ancestral techniques to digital devices, as an extension of a state of consciousness. The artists create fantastical fables, critical architectures and digital scenarios in which technology allows us to imagine future habitats. The exhibition brings together Argentinian artists to explore design, science fiction and artificial intelligence, alongside international projects that re-interpret the landscape from ecological perspectives and worldviews inspired by the African diaspora.
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Artists: TBD
Curated by: Onome Ekeh, artist, in collaboration with Nicolás Cuello, Curator at the Museo Moderno