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Cristiana Visan

The Colón’s 2018 opera season will kick off in March with Péter Eötvös’ 1998 opera Three Sisters, which was suspended in 2017.

Colón Theatre announces temperate programming for 2018 season

10-12-2017 01:57 At the top of the list of must-see performers are Anna Netrebko, Daniel Barenboim, Gustavo Dudamel, Juan Diego Flórez, Bryn Terfel, Marianela Núñez, and the Misha Maisky trio.

by Cristiana Visan

The Ornithologist, by João Pedro Rodrigues.

ALTERNATIVE WATCHLIST FOR MOVIE BUFFS

Three showcases bring bonanza of genre films

02-12-2017 11:22 Between Portuguese cinema week, the Migration films showcase and the Rojo Sangre horror fest, filmgoers in Buenos Aires are getting a lot more in their basket than the usual movie theatre fare...

by Cristiana Visan

MALBA visitors look at the famous self-portrait by David Alfaro Siqueiros, The Great Colonel (1945).

STUNNING NEW ART EXHIBITION

Mexican Modernism to the fore at the MALBA

25-11-2017 10:55 More than 170 works by 60 artists come together in an unprecedented show of visual culture, setting pieces by Rivera, Siqueiros, Orozco, Kahlo and others against the backdrop of the country’s identity-shaping revolution.

by Cristiana Visan

culture

Beethoven sonatas marathon by the Isas-Kwiek duo at the Kirchner Cultural Centre

18-11-2017 12:14 The Isas-Kwiek duet made its local debut in 2008 and two years later received first prize at the “Young Performers of the Bicentenary” competition, run by the National Fund for the Arts.

by Cristiana Visan

culture

Duprat: "I hope hundreds of thousands will see this exhibition"

05-11-2017 01:36 MNBA director Andrés Duprat spoke to the Times about bringing the Miró exhibit to Buenos Aires and how he hopes hundreds of thousands will get to see it during its five-month run.

by Cristiana Visan

A view from the National Museum of Fine Arts’ new show dedicated to Spanish artist Joan Miró.

MIRÓ: THE EXPERIENCE OF LOOKING

Fine Arts Museum aims to seduce with Miró show

04-11-2017 12:12 Large show brings together late works by the Spanish master, offering a fascinating glimpse into the creative exuberance of an artist who defied stereotypes and conventions.

by Cristiana Visan

Composer Martín Bauer (left) and author Beatriz Sarlo.

EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW

A century on: Songs to the Russian Revolution

28-10-2017 01:55 Composer Martín Bauer and author Beatriz Sarlo premiere Cien años, a tribute to the history-altering cultural avant-garde of 1917, at the Teatro Argentino of La Plata this Saturday and Sunday.

by Cristiana Visan

Federico Luppi became a household name after starring in El romance del Aniceto y la Francisca (1966), by famed director Leonardo Favio.

Iconic performer, controversial figure

Veteran actor Federico Luppi dies aged 81

21-10-2017 10:54 After a career spanning five decades, the award-winning artist with a chequered personal life passes away following complications from a head injury sustained in a domestic accident earlier this year.

by Cristiana Visan

Robert Cox walks the streets of Buenos Aires.

INTERVIEW WITH DOCUMENTARY FILMMAKER JAYSON MCNAMARA

‘I wanted to shine a light on remarkable journalism and remarkable people like Bob Cox’

14-10-2017 11:37 The man who took on Argentina’s military dictatorship from the newsroom of a small, English-language newspaper is a ‘dream protagonist’ for the director of Messenger on a White Horse (El mensajero), screening this week in Buenos Aires.

by Cristiana Visan

culture

Capa in colour: a glimpse into the less-known work of a legendary photographer

01-10-2017 00:10 The newly-opened exhibition offers a captivating glimpse into capa’s less-known colour work: some of these images were published at the time in magazines, but most of them have never been printed, displayed or even studied.

by Cristiana Visan. On Twitter: @cristianavisan

Bill Skarsgard as the bloodthirsty Pennywise in Andy Muschietti’s It.

NEW STEPHEN KING ADAPTATION DEBUTS IN ARGENTINE THEATRES

This is It: entertainment at its best

24-09-2017 10:23 The box-office juggernaut, directed by Argentine filmmaker Andy Muschietti, comes off as a tremendous ode to childhood, picking up on the fears and embracing the easy camaraderie.

by BY CRISTIANA VISAN AND ESTEBAN COLOMBET

Marta Minujín’s majestic Parthenon of Books in Kassel at documenta14.

MAVERICK POP ARTIST DAZZLES AGAIN

Marta Minujín’s Parthenon gets grand farewell

17-09-2017 01:03 documenta14’s pièce de résistance reaches its full ephemeral potential this weekend as Argentine artist’s anti-monumental work is stripped to its iron structure to redistribute the books to the public.

by Cristiana Visan. On Twitter: @cristianavisan

Mikhail Baryshnikov returns to Buenos Aires this week, to play Vaslav Nijinsky, the legendary ballet dancer.

Rare Boon for theatre and ballet buffs

Baryshnikov brings to light Nijinsky’s descent into darkness

09-09-2017 15:34 Iconic artist returns to BA to play the legendary ballet dancer of the early 20th century in one-man-show directed by Robert Wilson.

by By Cristiana Visan. On Twitter: @cristianavisan

Cate Blanchett plays 13 characters in Julian Rosefeldt’s Manifesto, currently on show at Proa.

NEW EXHIBITION IN LA BOCA

Manifesto opens at Proa with tour de force by Cate Blanchett

02-09-2017 09:15 Impressive multi-screen visual installation from Julian Rosefeldt features star actress.

by Cristiana Visan