XVI Encuentros Abiertos - Festival de la Luz (Festival of Light) Photography Festival

The XVI Encuentros Abiertos - Festival de la Luz (Festival of Light), will be held from August 2nd to September 30th, 2010 in Museums, Cultural Centers, Galleries and Art Venues in 31 cities in Argentina: La Quiaca, Tilcara, San Salvador de Jujuy, Salta, San Miguel de Tucumán, Santiago del Estero, Posadas, Resistencia, La Rioja, Catamarca, San Juan, San Luis, Mendoza, Córdoba, Santa Fe, Rosario, Rafaela, Paraná, La Plata, Mar del Plata, Chivilcoy, Bahia Blanca, Pilar, Buenos Aires, Santa Rosa, General Roca, Trelew, Puerto Madryn, Rawson, Rio Gallegos and Ushuaia. 

Festival de la Luz is the most important photography biennial exhibition in Latin America., consisting of several photographic activities, all of them free of charge, except the Portfolios Forum. The activities will be divided into different groups:

Exhibitions: 101 photographic exhibitions at museums and cultural centers around the country, under the theme "Migrations". Some of the participating venues are: Centro Cultural Recoleta with its 15 rooms; Centro Cultural Borges; Centro cultural Rojas; Teatro General San Martín; Alianza Francesa; Espacio Multiarte; BAC (British Art Center); Escuela Argentina de Fotografía, in its 4 venues; MAC Salta; Espacio contemporáneo de Arte in Mendoza; Fine Arts museums in  Neuquen, Cordoba, La Rioja, Catamarca, among many others.
Meetings: conferences, round tables and screenings at the Auditorium of Alianza Francesa, Centro Cultural Recoleta, and Escuela Argentina de Fotografia.
Portfolios forum: meetings for photographers, curators, collectors, editors, critics, museum and festival directors.
Urban Interventions: in the streets and parks of Buenos Aires, Mar del Plata, and Neuquen.
Book presentations: at the main venue of Alianza Francesa, from August 9th to August 13th, every day at 5 pm.
Movies: "Vientos de agua", the Argentine film directed by Juan Jose Campanella, will be presented at the Micro Cinema of Centro Cultural Recoleta, August 25th - 30th, from 6.20 pm.
Workshops: Argentine and international professors are invited to offer different workshops during the festival.

The Festival of Light is an international collaboration of 28 photography festivals around the world. This cooperation has a common website: www.festivaloflight.net, and a continuous exchange of exhibitions, activities and participants. The Festival of Light 2010 is sponsored by the embassies of France, Switzerland,  Spain, Italy, Denmark, Netherlands, Czech Republic, India, Mexico, Brazil, and South Korea. 

For more information on schedules and venues, visit Festival de la Luz official website

Exhibit of Francis Bacon drawings at Centro Cultural Borges

Centro Cultural Borges presents the exhibition "Francis Bacon - The tip of the iceberg", an outstanding display of 40 black and white drawings attributed to Francis Bacon, which have already been exhibited in the context of the Venice Biennale 2009 and recently in Milan's Durini Foundation.
Curated by renowned art critic Edward Lucie-Smith and Max Scaringela, the drawings will be displayed for the first time in Argentina, featuring intimate works by the Irish artist. These are large sheets portraing individual scenes that reveal characters subject to the deformations characteristic of the artist.
The images on paper once again reaffirm the reasons why Bacon is widely recognized as one of the most original artists of the twentieth century. Among the themes of the works are the Popes, inspired by the portrait of Innocent X by Velazquez, the Crucifixion, portraits and self portraits.

Address: Centro Cultutal Borges. Viamonte 525
Dates: June 30 - August 19, 2010
Opening times: 
Monday to Saturday, 10 am to 9 pm
Sunday 12 noon to 9 pm
Entry fee: AR $ 10.-

Exposición Rural 2010: 124th Exhibition of Cattle Breeding, Agriculture, and International Industry

The traditional Livestock and Agriculture Exhibition ("La Rural"), held every year in Buenos Aires for over a century, is one of the most important of its kind worldwide, bringing together more than a million visitors among producers, tourists and general public. In this year's edition, more than 600 exhibitors will be showing their products: laboratories, leather goods shops, banks, automotive industries, farm machinery, and providers of services and goods for the agricultural industry.
One important feature this year is the "Salon de las Regiones y Agroalimentos", an exhibition within the fair exclusively dedicated to the food and agriculture industry in the Argentine provinces, showcasing products like:
  • Cereals
  • Beer, Wine and Liquors
  • Preserves
  • Agro-Alimentary Products 
  • Chocolates
  • Sweets
  • Organic Products
  • Dried Furits
  • Cheese, oil, dulce de leche.
Visitors will have the opportunity to attend to activities like cattle competitions, cattle auctions, traditional costumes contests, rein skills and show jumping competitions, that take place every day at the main court, as well as exhibitions of all kinds of farm animals, Argentine crafts, folk shows, and tastings of traditional products.

Dates: July 22nd to August 3rd, 2010
Opening hours: Every day from 9 am to 8 pm.
Location: La Rural Exhibition Center. Av. Sarmiento 2704
Entry fee: AR $ 17. Children under 8: free
Exposicion Rural 2010 official website

Buenos Aires Children's Book Fair 2010

From July 12th to July 31st, 2010, the 20th edition of the Buenos Aires Children´s Book Fair (Feria del Libro Infantil y Juvenil) will take place at Centro de Exposiones de Buenos Aires. The Fair is a place destined for the cultural and educational upbringing of children, in an entertaining and joyful environment.
Apart from to the exhibition and sale of books, the Fair will offer numerous activities for youngsters and children:
  • Fixed and rotating workshops of chess, drawing, story telling, painting, modeling, magic, science, illustration, internet, comics, theater, reading, mathematical games.
  • Theater, puppets, circus, and music shows.
  • Games and contests
  • Story-telling
  • Talks with writers
  • Signing of copies
  • Children´s Library
Kids will be able to meet their favorite writers and cartoonists, participate in the workshops, read at the library or enjoy the shows organized by the exhibitors, that will take place at their exhibition stands.
During the course of the fair there will also be activities designed for professionals and students of the areas related to education and the world of children´s books.

This year for the first time a Comics Festival will be presented during the fair. Distinguished Argentine authors will present talks, workshops and exhibits related to comics, their design, script writing, drawing, animation, and graphic humor.

Dates: July 12th to 31st, 2010
Location: Centro de Exposiciones de la Ciudad de Buenos Aires, Avdas. Figueroa Alcorta & Pueyrredón
Opening times:
July 12 to July 16: 9 am to 6 pm
July 17 to July 31: Monday to Friday 11 am to 8 pm. Saturday and Sunday: 2 pm to 8 pm
Entry fee: 
Adults and children over 18: AR$ 15
Children under 18: Free

Camerata Bariloche opens a series of free concerts at Teatro Colon


Camerata Bariloche, regarded as one of the finest chamber orchestras in the world, will offer a free concert at Teatro Colon on June 6, 2010, 11 am. 
This will be the opening of a free concert series called "Domingos de Camara" (Chamber Sundays) by renowned Argentinian artists, that will take place throughout the year one Sunday of every month, at 11am, at the main concert hall of Teatro Colon.
Free tickets must be picked up 2 hours before every performance, at Libertad 621. Only 2 tickets per person will be handed, limited to the theater's capacity.

Program for 2010:

June 6
Camerata Bariloche
Fernando Hasaj, musical director
Andrés Spiller, oboe
Fernando Hasaj, violín

July 18
Cuarteto de Cuerdas Buenos Aires
Haydée Seibert, violín
Grace Medina, violín
Marcela Magin, viola
Edgardo Zollhofer, violoncello

August 15
Quinteto Filarmonico
Claudio Barile, flute
Néstor Garrote, oboe
Mariano Rey, clarinet
Fernando Chiappero, horn
Gabriel La Rocca, fagot

September 12
Nuevo Trio Argentino
Fernando Pérez, piano
Elías Gurevich, violin
Myriam Santucci, violoncello

October 17
Trio Luminar
Patricia Da Dalt, flute
Marcela Magin, viola
Lucrecia Jancsa, harp

November 7
Ensamble Instrumental de Buenos Aires
Pablo Saraví, violín
Kristine Bara, viola
Myriam Santucci, violoncello
Oscar Carnero, double bass
Claudio Barile, flute
Néstor Garrote, oboe
Mariano Rey, clarinet
Fernando Chiappero, horn
Gabriel La Rocca, fagot
Fernando Pérez, piano

December 5
Cuarteto Argentum
Oleg Pishenin, violín
Natalia Shishmonina, violín
Kristine Bara, viola
Carlos Nozzi, violoncello

For the complete programs of works that will be presented, visit Teatro Colon website.

First International Violin Competition, Buenos Aires 2010

The First International Violin Competition, Buenos Aires 2010, organized by Comunidad Amijai and presented by YPF Foundation, was created with the idea of encouraging the study of music in young people, creating a cultural exchange between violinists from around the world.

The Competition's Jury is made up of prestigious artists of international renown, chaired by Maestro Shlomo Mintz, and integrated by international artists: Eduard Grach (Russia), Itzhak Rashkovsky (Israel / UK), David Cerone (USA), Kimiko Nakazawa (Japan), Vera Tsu (China), Rafael Gintoli (Argentina), Pedro Ignacio Calderón (Argentina) and Enrique Barrios (Mexico).

The 23 participants that will arrive to Buenos Aires for Competition, who have been selected for a whole year from around the world, are: Iskandar Widjaja (Indonesia), Francesca Dego (Italy), Sergey Pospelov (Russian Federation), Frederick Nathan (Uruguay), Ayrton Coelho Pisco (Brazil), Maia Cabeza (Canada), Soh-Yon Kim (South Korea) Stefani Collins (USA), Anne-Sophie Lacharité-Roberge (Canada), Jeremy Rhizor (USA), Jinjoo Cho (South Korea), Rachel Ostler USA), Paula Suman (Latvia), Miran Kim (USA), Nigel Armstrong (USA), Betty Zho (USA), Luis Eduardo Cuevas Sanchez (Venezuela), Nobuhiro Suyama (Japan), Artem Kononov (Russian Federation), Mariana Hernandez (Mexico), Dawn Wohn (USA), Kwun Hyuk Joo (South Korea), Xavier Inchausti (Argentina).

The event will formally begin on Saturday, July 10, 2010 with the opening ceremony at Comunidad Amijai, with the presence of jurors, participants of the competition, authorities, media and special guest, and will end on Wednesday July 21, with the winner´s Concert Gala followed by the Awards Ceremony. at Teatro Colon. In this occasion the winners will play accompanied by the Orchestra of the Association of Professors of Teatro Colon. under the direction of Maestro Mintz.

From Sunday 11 to Tuesday 20 the different levels of competition, heats, semifinals and finals, will be open to the public with free admission.

There will also be a day dedicated to tango in which the 12 semifanalists will perform, at "Tango Porteño" and also with free entrance, works by Troilo-Manzi, Piazzolla, Matos Rodríguez-Maroni, Gardel-Le Pera, Marconi, Plaza and Aieta, on transcripts produced for violin, bandoneon and bass.

Schedule of activities

Opening Ceremony - Comunidad Amijai
Saturday 10, 7.30 pm.

Qualifying Rounds - Comunidad Amijai
Works by Johann Sebastian Bach, Eugene Ysaye, Alberto Ginastera and Adam Skoumal.
Sunday 11, 10am to 1pm, and 5pm to 8pm
Monday 12, 10am to 1pm, and 5pm to 8pm
Tuesday 13, 10am to 1pm, and 5pm to 8pm

Semifinals - Comunidad Amijai
Works by Maurice Ravel, Leos Janacek, Karol Szymanowski, Bela Bartok and Niccolo Paganini.
Wednesday 14, 3pm to 8.40pm
Thursday 15, 3pm to 8.40pm

Tango Award - Tango Porteño
The semifinalists will play two tangos transcribed for violin, bandoneon and bass.
Friday 16, 2pm to 7pm
At the end of the day, six finalists and the winner of Tango Argentino will be announced.

Finals - Comunidad Amijai
Works by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Johan Sibelius, Niccolo Paganini, Johannes Brahms, Ludwig van Beethoven, Bela Bartok, Maurice Ravel and Sergei Prokofiev, accompanied by the Orchestra of the Association of Professors of the Orquesta Estable del Teatro Colon under the direction of Maestro Mint.
Sunday 18, 8.30pm
Tuesday 20, 8.30 pm

Venues:
Comunidad Amijai, Arribeños 2355, Belgrano
Tango Porteño, Cerrito 570

Qualifying rounds, semifinals, tango award and finals: free access to the public. Space is limited.
Opening ceremony and closing ceremony: access by invitation only.

More information: www.violinbuenosaires.com

Arteclásica 2010 - Contemporary and Modern Art Fair



Arteclásica is the classic Art Fair in Buenos Aires for experts and amateurs alike, which offers a plural space for our visual arts of international renown. The Fair will also hold many of its already traditional institutional programs such as Meeting Cultures, Landmark Installation and the Ñ Space for Great Contemporary Masters.

Program Meeting Cultures: Thailand
The program Meeting Cultures, especially created by Arteclásica in 2006, introduces in our market artists coming from different cultures, whose work is practically unknown in our latitudes. This is a unique project and a great opportunity to approach both different aesthetics and new symbolism.
Just as in 2006 with the Arab world, in 2007 with the Post-Soviet world, in 2008 with Western Africa, mainly from the Republic of Nigeria, 2009 with Japan, this year Arteclasica brings us the contemporary art scene of Thailand with a selection made by curator Steven Pettifor, Independent curator and author of the book “Flavours – Thai Contemporary Art".

The auditorium of Arteclásica 2010 will host every day important conferences, round tables, talks, seminars and book presentations.

Dates and Opening times: July 14 - 19, 2010. 1 pm to 9 pm
Location: Pavilions 1 and 2, Centro Costa Salguero Convention Center. Av. Costanera and Salguero

2nd International Fair for record collectors in Buenos Aires

The 2nd International Record Fair of Buenos Aires (2da Feria Internacional de Coleccionismo Discografico) will take place on July 16, 17, and 18, 2010, at the Pavilion 4 of Costa Salguero Exhibition Center. 

Collectors, big or small, will have the opportunity to buy, sell, or exchange recorded material that is virtually impossible to find on the market, including vinyl records, CDs, DVDs, posters, photographs, autographs, manuscripts, concert programs, slides, magazines, trading cards, videos, cinema guides, books, concert tickets, t-shirts, and all kinds of music merchandising.

On Sunday 18, some of the best pieces and records displayed at the fair will be sold at a large auction. The Fair invites all the attendants to include their own items in the auction. These have to be registered in advance at the Fair's website.

Location: Centro Costa Salguero. Av. Costanera and Salguero
Opening Hours:
Friday and Saturday: 12 noon to 10 pm
Sunday: 12 noon to 8 pm
Tickets: $ 20 Pesos, on sale at www.tuentrada.com

More information: www.feriadediscosdebuenosaires.com.

Caminos y Sabores (Roads and Flavors) 2010


The 6th edition of "Caminos y Sabores" (Roads and Flavors), will feature during 4 days the offers in typical food, tourism and handicrafts from all the regions in the country.
The Argentine provinces will be represented in the exhibition through their native foods. As every year from the first edition in 2005, visitors will be able to sample and buy olive oil; home made salamis; cow, sheep and goat cheeses; wines from family owned wineries; homemade jellies, just to mention some of the products. There will also be tourist offers of all kinds at the Tourism Road, and a variety of handicrafts made with the typical materials and features of every region.
In the Cooking Room (Sala de Cocinas), at every moment, different chefs will be preparing dishes based on Argentine typical ingredients; and at the Conference Room, specialists in every topic will talk about tourism, regional food, territorial development, and other subjects related to the Argentine culture.
One of the main features of the Fair is "Terra Madre Argentina 2010". Terra Madre Network brings together food communities, cooks, academics and youth delegates for four days to work towards increasing small-scale, traditional, and sustainable food production.

Dates: July 8th - 11th. 2010
Location: La Rural Exhibition Center. Pabellon Azul. Av. Sarmiento 2704.
Opening hours: 12 pm to 9 pm
Entry fee:
General: AR$ 25

Children under 6: free

South American concert series Rumbos - Musicas del Sur


The Festival Rumbos - Musicas del Sur, a series of free concerts that feature innovative and recognized artists from Argentina, Brazil and Uruguay will take place during July, as part of the celebrations for the 40th anniversary of Centro Cultural General San Martín.

Rumbos - Musicas del Sur is a joint undertaking of Itaú Cultural and Centro Cultural General San Martín, that will take the stage from July 1st to July 13th, 2010 at Teatro 25 de Mayo, Av. Triunvirato 4444, to show the musical diversity in the southern hemisphere.

The artistic selection presents emerging artists and authentic references of the new popular music scene in the region, such as: the great interpreter Liliana Herrero, one of the referents of Argentina folklore; the renowned pianist and composer Carlos Aguirre; Veronica Condomí; the duo Juan Quintero-Luna Monti, one of the great musical revelations of recent years; Manuel Onis; Pablo Dacal; Los Nuñez with Ruiz Guinazu; and rising duo Orozco-Barrientos with the production for their latest albums by Gustavo Santaolalla, all from Argentina.

From Brazil: Rubi, Alessandra Leão, Luiz Felipe Gama & Ana Luiza and Alessandro Penezzi, are noted for combining avant-gard and tradition in Brazilian popular music. And from Uruguay, singer Martín Buscaglia, star of the new Uruguayan song.

As invited artists to this first edition of Rumbos - Musicas del Sur: the concerts by singer Noelia Moncada, in the series "Tangos of the Bicentenary", and the world premiere of "Surdomundo Impossible Orchestra" consisting of a real selection of great musicians from the three countries in the project: Osvaldo Fattorusso, Martin Buscaglia, Martin Sued, Ignacio Varchausky, Mauricio Pereira, Caito Marcondes and Arthur de Faria. In the final concert, Mauricio Pereira will be presented together with pianist Daniel Szafran, and closing the Festival, the exquisite singer Na Ozzetti, considered one of the greatest singers of Brazil.

Program:

Thursday 1, 9 pm
Rubi (Brazil)
Liliana Herrero

Friday 2, 9 pm
Rubi (Brazil)
Verónica Condomí

Saturday 3, 9 pm
Alessandra Leão (Brazil)
Manuel Onis

Sunday 4, 8 pm
Alessandra Leão (Brazil)
Pablo Dacal

Tuesday 6, 9 pm
Luiz Felipe Gama & Ana Luiza (Brazil)
Carlos “Negro” Aguirre

Wednesday 7, 9 pm
Luiz Felipe Gama & Ana Luiza (Brazil)
Noelia Moncada

Thursday 8, 9 pm
Alessandro Penezzi (Brazil)
Luna Monti – Juan Quintero

Saturday 10, 9 pm
Alessandro Penezzi (Brazil)
Los Nuñez with Ruiz Guiñazú

Sunday 11, 8 pm
Surdomundo Imposible Orchestra (Argentina-Brazil-Uruguay)
Orozco-Barrientos

Tuesday 13, 9 pm
Mauricio Pereira (Brazil) + Na Ozzetti (Brazil)

All the concerts are free of charge. The tickets (two per person) must be picked up two hours before every concert at the ticket office of Teatro 25 de Mayo, Av Triunvirato 4444.

French theater company D'ors et déjà presents its show Notre terreur in Buenos Aires


On the grounds of Buenos Aires Polo Circo, Avenida Juan de Garay y Combate de los Pozos, the show "Notre terreur" (Our Terror), by the French theater group D'ors et déjà, will be presented for the first time in Argentina, in a unique series of 6 performances, from June 23 to June 27, 2010, organized by the Ministry of Culture of Buenos Aires, the Embassy of France in Argentina and Culturesfrance.

The show revives the history of the French Revolution in a particular staging that also invites the audience to participate as actors involved. The play, directed by Sylvain Creuzevault, was created and presented at Théâtre de la Colline in the last Autumn Festival in 2009. It was nominated for Molières 2010 category public theater. Our Terror is a work of 10 artists that makes sense in this Argentinean Bicentennial year. The play examines the fall of Robespierre, his death, his last day.

The French company took the challenge of making this new play in a circus tent for 400 people, equipped with all necessary comforts for winter weather.

Tickets are on sale at:
Casa de la Cultura: Avenida de Mayo 575.
Centro Cultural General San Martín, Sarmiento 1551.
Teatro 25 de Mayo, Av. Triunvirato 4444
Polo Circo Buenos Aires, Avenida Juan de Garay y Combate de los Pozos

Prices and times of performances:
Wednesday 23, 8pm: AR$ 35
Thursday 24, 8pm: AR$ 35
Friday 25, 8pm: AR$ 50
Saturday 26, 8pm: AR$ 50
Sunday 27, 6:30pm: AR$ 50

The show will be presented in French with Spanish sub-titles.

Pecha Kucha Night Buenos Aires Vol. 17

On Tuesday, June 29, 2010, Ciudad Cultural Konex presents the seventeenth edition of Pecha Kucha Night, a “showcasing + networking” event created in Japan in 2003 by architects Astrid Klein and Mark Dytham, in which 12-15 creators from different disciplines have 6 minutes and 40 seconds each to show an idea or project, through 20 images screened for 20 seconds. Once the presentations are finished, the guest artists get together to exchange their opinions, and the public is invited to enjoy some music and conversation.

The participating artists confirmed for this edition are:

José Eduardo Abadi (psychoanalysis)
Laura Varsky (design and illustration)
Revista THC (editorial)
L’epi (gastronomy)
Max Aguirre (comics)
Elevate (business design)
Fundación Huerta Niño (NGO)
Enrique Avogrado (creative industries)
Ralph Haiek (media and technology)
Gustavo Di Mario (photography)
José Eduardo Abadi (psicoanalysis)
Ezequiel Borra (music)
Cinco (audiovisual production)

“Pecha kucha” (which means chit-chat in Japanese), is presented in several cities around the world, including: Amsterdam, Atlanta, Auckland, Austin, Bangladore, Bangkok , Beijing, Belfast, Berlin, Bern, Bogotá , Budapest, Buenos Aires, Buffalo, Chicago, Cologne, Copenhagen, Costa Rica, Delhi, Dublin , Frankfurt, Glasgow, Gothenberg, Groningen, Hamburg, Harvard, Helsinki, Hobart, Lagos, Linz, Lisbon, Ljubljana, London, Los Angeles, Madrid, Manchester, Melbourne, Mexico city, Miami, New York, Newcastle, Oslo, Perth, Portland, Porto Alegre, Prague, Riga, Rotterdam, San Francisco, Santiago, Seattle, Seoul, Seville, Shanghai, Stockholm, Stuttgart, Sydney, Taipei, Tokyo, Toronto, Udine, Vienna, Washington DC. 

Date: Tuesday, June 29, 2010. 8 PM 
Location: Ciudad Cultural Konex. Sarmiento 3131. Buenos Aires. 
Tickets: AR$ 25. Ticketek Argentina or Ciudad Cultural Konex ticket office: Monday to Thursday 5 PM to 10 PM, Friday and Saturday 5 PM to 11.30 PM, Sunday 5 Pm to 9:30 PM.

More information: www.pechakucha.com.ar

Light and music show on the Cabildo


For those who were not able to watch it live on May 25 for the celebration of Argentina's Bicentennial, the video mapping show on the facade of the Cabildo in Plaza de Mayo will be repeated on June 18th, 19th, 20th, and 21st, 2010, this time celebrating the National Flag Day.

There will be three performances daily, at 7pm, 8pm, and 9pm. During the intervals the military band "Fanfarria Alto Peru" from the Regiment "Granaderos a Caballo" will perform classic marches, and each day will culminate with a fireworks show.

With different images the history of Argentina in these two hundred years will be projected in a continuous ten minutes. From the Viceroyalty of the Rio de la Plata to the present, highlighting passages such as immigration, the Centenary, the bombing of 1955, the 70s, the struggle of the Grandmothers of Plaza de Mayo, the return of democracy to the assumption of Alfonsin, among others.

The mapping consists of projecting video images on real surfaces, generally inanimate, to obtain 3D motion effects or resulting in an unusual artistic performance. The more common practice in this technique is to project images onto buildings, accompanying the visual effects with sounds to make the show even more spectacular.

arteBA'10 Contemporary Art Fair

arteBA Contemporary Art Fair, that will take place on June 25 - 29, 2010, is the most popular cultural event in the city of Buenos Aires and the most important one of its kind in Latin America. arteBA is an art exhibition where art galleries display their best Latin American artworks, offering the general public the chance to come face to face with truly unique collectors’ pieces. It is also an opportunity for the newer art centers from all over the region to present their younger artists and reveal the very latest trends, which are simply absent from other art fairs. Over 800 Latin American artists present their works at this great cultural event.
arteBA Foundation called for the seventh edition of arteBA-Petrobras Prize for the Visual Arts. Each one of the five selected projects will be awarded the amount of $ 12,000 pesos to be used for its realization and exhibition at arteBA `10. Once the winning projects have been exhibited at the Fair, a second, International Prize-Giving Jury will award a (non-acquisitional) Incentive Prize of $ 50,000 pesos. The prize will be granted after the final in situ installation of the works.
On this new edition of arteBA`10 Contemporary Art Fair the Chandon Young Quarter will consist of 19 stands, sponsored by Chandon for the fourth consecutive year. 
A series of conferences will take place every day at 6.00 at the auditorium.

Location: La Rural Exhibition Center. Blue and Green Pavillions. Av. Sarmiento 2704, Buenos Aires
Dates and hours: June 25 - 29, 2010. 1 pm to 10 pm
Entry fees:
General: AR $30
Students and pensioners: AR $15
Children under 12: Free
For more information, visit arteBA'10 official website.

Rugby: Los Pumas vs France


Los Pumas, Argentina's National Rugby team, will play again in Buenos Aires, this time against the French team.
This will be the third of a series  of friendly matches in which Los Pumas will face the national teams of Scotland and France. The first two test matches against Scotland will take place in the cities of Tucuman, on June 12th, and Mar del Plata, on June  19th.
The test match against France will take place in Buenos Aires on Saturday June 26th, at the Velez Sarsfield Stadium.
Don't miss the opportunity of attending this exciting game the easiest and safest way, with a service that includes tickets, transfers, and bilingual host. Contact me and make your reservation.