Museo de Arte Contemporáneo Buenos Aires, Contemporary art museum in San Telmo, Argentina.
The Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Buenos Aires is a private museum in San Telmo, opened in 2012 by the Aldo Rubino Foundation. Its Vila Sebastián-designed building has two basement levels, a ground floor and three upper floors, linked by a ramp, with a 15 by 12 metre glazed facade. The collection holds more than 500 works, centred on geometric abstraction.
The museum was founded in 2010 by the Fundación Aldo Rubino as a space for promoting contemporary artistic expression. Since then it has grown as a center for preserving and exhibiting modern works.
The collection's core is geometric abstraction, the museum's stated main field of study: historical works by Raúl Lozza, Julio Le Parc, Victor Vasarely, Enio Iommi and Gyula Kosice, alongside younger Argentine painters such as Pablo Siquier, Fabián Burgos and Gachi Hasper. A 2021 exhibition gathered Argentine geometric painting, including Graciela Hasper, Gumier Maier and Mariela Scafati.
The building sits in an accessible neighborhood with parking available nearby. Plan for several hours to explore all floors and note that some areas may close temporarily for exhibitions or maintenance.
The museum's glazed facade measures 15 by 12 metres and opens the exhibition rooms to the street; the building was designed by the Vila-Sebastián-Vila studio next to the Museo de Arte Moderno. A ramp links the levels instead of stairs, and patios at the front and rear bring daylight into every floor.
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