Malba, Museo de Arte Latinoamericano de Buenos Aires, is internationally recognized as a point of reference for Latin American art and as an icon of artistic and cultural life in Buenos Aires. Founded in September 2001, it is a non-profit organization that preserves and exhibits one of the most important collections of Latin American art in the world, with more than 700 pieces by the region’s leading modern and contemporary artists. It also organizes an annual program of temporary exhibitions of Argentine, Latin American and international art, in collaboration with other regional and global institutions. Since its foundation, the museum has also function as an inclusive and plural space for the production of cultural activities, aimed at broad and diverse audiences. It has two major film and literature departments, and strong education and publishing programs. It receives an average of 500,000 visitors annually.