News of culture

Chart-topping star Milo J uses fame to focus youth on folklore

08-11-2025 07:27 In 1996, a 16-year-old Soledad Pastorutti burst onto the Cosquín Festival stage and overnight got the nation’s teenagers and youths to include Argentine folklore on their turntables. Nearly 30 years on, Milo J is achieving something similar with his album ‘La vida era más corta,’ featuring the legendary Silvio Rodríguez and samples of the voice of Mercedes Sosa.

Film legend Jane Fonda to promote human rights doc ‘Norita’ in Los Angeles

24-10-2025 10:42 Academy Award-winner Jane Fonda to present screening of documentary detailing life of Madres de Plaza de Mayo co-founder and human rights icon Nora Cortiñas at the Museum of Tolerance in Los Angeles.

Police recover Nazi-looted painting spotted in online property ad

04-09-2025 01:08 Two detained as painting stolen from Dutch Jewish art collector in World War II is found in Mar del Plata; 18th-century masterwork was spotted after appearing in online property ad; Relative of dead Nazi financial guru and her partner placed under house arrest.

Dynamic Argentine duo win Stage final at World Tango Championship

03-09-2025 11:39 Leandro Bojko and Micaela García crowned champions of Stage category at the 2025 World Tango Championship.

Accordion-player Raúl Barboza, considered the king of chamamé, dies at 87

28-08-2025 21:11 Accordion-player Raúl Barboza, considered the King of Chamamé music in Argentina, has died in Paris.

Twist in Homo Argentum tale – Milei’s new fave film did get state funding

22-08-2025 10:56 President’s praise for Guillermo Francella’s new movie collides with revelations that the blockbuster received support from Buenos Aires City government.

Patagotitan Mayorum: Replica of largest dinosaur in world at Recoleta park

14-07-2025 12:23 Replica skeleton of Patagotitan Mayorum, one of the most important finds of world palaeontology, will be on display at Recoleta’s Parque Thays until the end of August.

by Enrique Garabetyan

Peñico: Peruvian citadel that is nearly 4,000 years old opens doors to tourists

14-07-2025 10:20 Site of 3,800-year-old citadel from the Caral civilisation, one of the oldest in the world and located in northern Peru, opens to the public after eight years of scientific studies and restoration work.

The final symphony: Honouring Lalo Schifrin

27-06-2025 15:27 A public tribute to the late Lalo Schifrin by the co-author of his final symphony, maestro Rod Schejtman.

by Rodrigo Schejtman

'Mission: Impossible' composer Lalo Schifrin dies aged 93

27-06-2025 14:10 Buenos Aires-born composer Lalo Schifrin, who created themes for a host of hit Hollywood films and television shows, has died at the age of 93.

Darín and Milei’s online army: empanadas or rotten fish

27-05-2025 14:43 Argentina’s government, along with its army of online trolls and sympathetic journalists, used the price of empanadas to mock Ricardo Darín and distract from the economic crisis. Viral mockery and aligned media coverage helped them avoid talking about frozen wages, austerity, and the loss of purchasing power.

by Nicolás Gonzalez

Figures hint at deepening crisis for Argentina’s publishing market

26-05-2025 16:23 Annual report by Cámara Argentina del Libro – which represents more than 500 national publishers, bookshops, and distributors – reveals a decline both in the number of new titles and in print runs; Around three-quarters of publications are produced in and around Buenos Aires.

by Omar Genovese

Experts and diplomats unite to fight disinformation threat

13-05-2025 10:40 European diplomats, journalists and fact-checking specialists sound the alarm at international forum on disinformation in Buenos Aires.

by Cecilia Degl'Innocenti

Pioneering women’s ed club celebrates 90th year

09-05-2025 18:39 University Women’s Club of Buenos Aires enters tenth decade, celebrates with new exhibition marking its rich history at UCA library.

by Michael Soltys

‘El Eternauta’ tops Netflix global chart for non-English series

06-05-2025 22:17 El Eternauta is the most-watched non-English-language series on Netflix worldwide, the streaming platform said on Tuesday.

‘El Eternauta’ director Bruno Stagnaro confirms season two in works

05-05-2025 13:06 The man behind ‘Okupas’ and ‘Un gallo para Esculapio’ became a fan at the age of 10 when he was gifted the comic. Four decades later, he has turned it into a hit series for Netflix. Already the most-watched title in Argentina on the streaming platform, a second season is in the works, reveals Bruno Stagnaro.

by Ernesto Ise

Culture secretary heckled at inauguration of BA Book Fair

25-04-2025 13:21 Writers hold up signs bearing Osvaldo Bayer’s image as Culture Secretary Leonardo Cifelli is met with jeers at the opening of the 49th edition of the Feria Internacional del Libro de Buenos Aires.

Buenos Aires Book Fair returns with Middle East tint

24-04-2025 18:34 Forty-ninth edition of Feria Internacional del Libro de Buenos Aires returns to La Rural, running until May 12.

by Julia Malyszko

Mario Vargas Llosa, Latin American literary heavyweight, dies at 89

13-04-2025 23:15 Mario Vargas Llosa has died in Lima at the age of 89, confirms family; Nobel literature laureate is considered to be one of the greats of Latin America's literary "boom" of the 1960s and 1970s.

‘El Eternauta’: Secrets behind Argentina’s most long-awaited adaptation

08-04-2025 14:58 Eagerly awaited adaptation of Héctor Germán Oesterheld and Francisco Solano López’s classic comic 'El Eternauta' débuts on Netflix on April 30. A look behind-the-scenes of the new series starring Ricardo Darín.

by Juan Manuel Dominguez