News of arts

27% of small businesses affected by pandemic have closed, says new study

22-04-2021 12:42 Survey carried out by the Association of Argentine Entrepreneurs (ASEA) finds that 27% of small businesses in health, gastronomy and culture sectors have been forced to close since the start of the coronavirus pandemic.

NEW SHOW

Open-air audio documentary shines light on Dutch feminist icon

16-03-2021 18:00 Inventive new audio documentary takes guests on a tour around Recoleta's Plaza Houssay, celebrating the life of Dutch feminist icon Aletta Jacobs and posing questions about Argentina's own history.

by Emma Ridden

Nobel prizes

US poet Louise Glück wins Nobel Prize in Literature

08-10-2020 17:41 Louise Glück, a US poet long revered for the power, inventiveness and concision of her work and for her generosity to younger writers, has won the Nobel Prize in Literature.

THEATRE

Capital's dazzling theatre scene thrives as it resists economic crisis

06-12-2019 10:30 Performers, producers, and theatre-owners overcome economic obstacles and lean on a history of resistance in Buenos Aires' world-class theatre scene.