My Buenos Aires Travel Guide

The 9th edition of the food and crafts fair "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 and crafts. 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; yerba mate and tea; just to mention some of the products. There will also be a variety of handicrafts made with the typical materials and features of every region, including wool and leather products, jewelry with rodocrosite stone, and much more.

In the Cooking Room (Sala de Cocinas), at every moment, different chefs will be preparing dishes based on Argentine typical ingredients. There Fair will also feature a Houseware area, a food production workshop, the Punto Verde area (urban vegetable garden), among other attractions.

Dates: July 6th - 9th, 2013

Location: La Rural Exhibition Center. Av. Sarmiento 2704.

Opening hours: 12 pm to 9 pm

Admittance:

General: AR$ 50

Children under 3: free

Seniors: 2x1 on Monday July 8th

Caminos y Sabores official website.

Malba - Fundación Costantini opens the exhibition Yayoi Kusama - Infinit Obsession, the first retrospective in Latin America of the greatest living Japanese artist. Organized in collaboration with the study of the artist, the exhibition presents a comprehensive tour through more than 100 works created between 1950 and 2013, including paintings, works on paper, sculptures, videos, slideshows and installations.

Curated by Philip Larratt-Smith (Vice Chief Curator, Malba, Buenos Aires) and Frances Morris (head of international collections of Tate Modern, London, and curator of the retrospective of Kusama at the institution), the exhibition presents the full career of this artist.

Yayoi Kusama - Infinite Obsession includes the most important series of her nearly six decades of artistic production. Highlights of the exhibition are her Infinity Nets from the 50s, and the Accumulations sculptures, her performances and happenings in New York from the 60s, present in series like Self-Obliteration, and her recent paintings and installations, such as I'm Here, but Nothing (2000-2013), Infinity Mirrored Room - Filled with the Brilliance of Life, (2011) and The Obliteration Room, (2002-2013), white room that the public will intervene with colored spots throughout the exhibition. The Museum also presents an intervention with her iconic red polka dots on the front of Malba and a set of trees along Figueroa Alcorta Avenue.

On the occasion of the exhibition, Malba publishes a special volume of 232 pages published in Spanish and English. The book includes a section of color illustrations of works in the exhibition, essays by Larratt-Smith ("Song of an addict to suicide") and Frances Morris ("Yayoi Kusama. My life, one spot") and a visual chronology of the artist’s life.

MALBA - Av. Figueroa Alcorta 3415

Dates and Times:

June 30 to September 16, 2013

Thursday through Monday and Holidays: from 12:00pm to 8:00pm.

Wednesday until 9:00pm.

Closed Tuesday.

Admission:

Adults: AR$40.

Teachers and Seniors: AR$20.

Students: AR$20.

Children under 5: Free.

Wednesday:

General: AR$20.

Teachers, Seniors and Students: Free.

The Italian Gastronomy event “Mangia che ti fa bene”, in which 25 of the best Italian restaurants in the city will offer lunch and dinner menus at promotional prices, will be held in Buenos Aires from June 21 to June 28, 2013.

Each restaurant will offer a menu with a fixed price of $ 69 Pesos for lunch and $ 149 Pesos for dinner, per person, not including drinks and tip. Cover charge is included.

The restaurants participating in this edition are:

Piola
In Bocca al Lupo
Il Fiume Ristorantino
Il Ballo del Mattone
Bice
Trattoria Olivetti
Bruni
Eh, Santino!
Filo
Mauro.it
L´Adesso
Bella Italia
Siamo Nel Forno
Il Mattarello
Doppio Zero
Moreneta
Arkakao
La Locanda
Cucina Paradiso
Pierino
La Pecora Nera
Guido´s Ristorante
Italpast
Sottovocce
D´Oro

For a complete list of restaurants, contact details, menus and conditions, visit the Italian Gastronomy Week website.

Some of the menus are only available on certain days of the week and some restaurants don´t take reservations, so make sure to read about these conditions on the website.

At the same time during the week the best bars in the city of Buenos Aires will offer the classic Italian Aperitifs, like Negroni and Spritz, among others, at a special price of $ 40 Pesos throughout the day (not including Happy Hour). The bars participating in this "APERITUR" are:

878 – Thames 878 – Palermo
Florería atlántico – Arroyo 872 – Retiro
Dill and drinks – San Martin 986 – Centro
Guido`s restaurant - Cerviño 3943 – Palermo
Doppel - Avenida Juan de Garay 500 – San Telmo
Frank´s – Arevalo 1445 – Palermo
Verne Club – Medrano 1474 – Palermo
Leopoldo - Cerviño 3732 – Palermo
Filo – San Martin 975 – Retiro
La Biela – Avenida Quintana 600 – Recoleta
Pick Market Libertad 1212 (Spritz only) – Recoleta
Pick Market Demaria 4527 (Spritz only) – Palermo
Pick Market Ugarteche 3154 (Spritz only) – Palermo

The sixth edition of Ciudad Emergente, the Festival for the youth culture, will take place from Wednesday 19 to Sunday 23 of June, 2013 at Centro Cultural Recoleta.

This Festival, organized by the Ministry of Culture of the Government of the City of Buenos Aires, presents the new expressions of the youth culture: rock, pop, street art, animation, poetry, cinema, fashion, theater, and digital art.

The activities in the festival include: fashion shows by novel designers; events that combine poetry and music; street art; hip hop and other street dance style shows; movie screenings with a program related to national and international rock and roll; fashion and digital art exhibitions; chill out lounges; music concerts; DJs, VJs.

The sensational show "Fuerza Bruta" will be presented on June 20, 21, 22, and 23, at 2:00 pm. Free tickets for all these performances must be picked up on Tuesday, June 18, from 12:00 pm (up to 2 tickets per person until reaching the total of 2000 tickets), in exchange of a donation of clothes, footwear or blankets for the Winter Solidarity Campaign "BA Solidaria".

Admission free of charge for all the activities, with limited capacity.

Location: Centro Cultural Recoleta. Junin 1930

After 9 PM entrance on Av. Pueyrredon & Azcuenaga

Dates and Hours: June 19 - 23, 2013. 2:00 pm to 9.:0 pm.

More information: Ciudad Emergente official website.

Over 300 first class companies will showcase their products on June 12, 13, and 14, 2013, at the Expo Cuisine&Vins 2013, the 20th edition of the wine exhibition organized by Cuisine&Vins Magazine, where visitors have the chance to taste some of the best wines produced in Argentina.

New and traditional wineries will present their premium labels, talks and tastings by enologists and wine makers. There will also be stands dedicated to spirits, cigars, luxury resorts, delicatessen, crafts from all over the country, as well as the new flavors of the most outstanding restaurants of the moment.

Wine tastings will be offered every day, with limited capacity and with previous accreditation at the Expo.

Location: Palacio Paz. Santa Fe 750, Plaza San Martin, Buenos Aires

Dates: June 12, 13, 14, 2013

Opening hours: 5 pm to 11 pm

Entry fee: AR$ 170, includes a complimentary tasting cup.

Tickets on sale at the venue.

More info: Expo Cuisine&Vins website.

The National Museum of Fine Arts in Buenos Aires has inaugurated the exhibition “Botero, drawings on canvas and paper”, a display of 50 drawings created between 1973 and 2011 by the great Colombian artist Fernando Botero (Medellín, 1932). All these works belong to the artist's private collection, which is rarely exhibited and only in museums.

In these works Botero uses watercolor, pencil, pastel, ink and charcoal on both paper and canvas. Botero is specially skilled working with sanguine, a soft, dark red pencil, a technique little used by artists and which requires exceptional skill and expertise.

The exhibition comprises fifty drawings, mostly made in black and white. Very few of these works are in color, and these are watercolors.

The exhibition is divided into five "chapters": the first is devoted to Latin American life, the source of inspiration for Botero. Botero portrays the life of the town and its characters, costumes, architecture, habits and rituals. The second "chapter" focuses on the theme of violence and bullfighting. The third "chapter" is dedicated to the circus. The fourth to large-scale works, with many still lives. And the fifth is devoted to music.

National Museum of Fine Arts (MNBA): Avenida del Libertador 1473

May 21 to July 7, 2013

Tuesday to Friday from 12.30 pm to 8.30 pm

Saturdays and Sundays from 9.30 am to 8.30 pm

Free admission.

arteBA Contemporary Art Fair, that will take place on May 24 - 27, 2013, 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 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. 82 carefully selected galleries from Latin America, North America and Europe will exhibit works by the most outstanding contemporary artists at this great cultural event.

arteBA Foundation called for the tenth edition of arteBA-Petrobras Prize for the Visual Arts. Each one of the selected projects have been awarded a determined amount of pesos to be used for its realization and exhibition at arteBA `13. 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.
The third edition of U-TURN Project Rooms by Mercedes Benz will bring together the work of more than 20 artists represented by twelve galleries from Argentina, Brazil, Spain, Mexico, Switzerland, Peru, and Germany.
Young Argentine and foreign galleries that represent mainly Latin American artists will be present at Barrio Joven Chandon.
The OPEN FORUM 2013 will be held with free admission in the fair’s auditorium.

These are just a few of the many activities programmed for this year's exhibition. For more information, visit arteBA'13 official website.

Location: La Rural Exhibition Center. Blue and Green Pavilions. Av. Sarmiento 2704, Buenos Aires

Dates and hours: May 24 - 27, 2013 / 1:00 pm to 9:00 pm

Admission fees:

General: AR $70

Students and Senior citizens: AR $35
2 day pass: AR$ 110
Unlimited pass: AR$ 140
Unlimited pass + catalog: AR$ 230
Catalog: AR$ 120

On May 26, 2013, the Auditorium of Buenos Aires Design Center (Av. Pueyrredon 2501, Recoleta. Level 2) receives Beer Day Festival, a beer tasting event focusing on specialty beers. The Festival will bring together 20 breweries from different regions in the country in one place.

Throughout the day, visitors will have the opportunity to learn how to cook with beer, and try dishes to be tasted with the different specialty beers; taste more than 50 styles of beer; and attend to talks on food pairing, sensory analysis of beer, tasting process and history.

The event will also feature live shows and DJ sets. One of the guests is the band tribute to the Blues Brothers, The Soul Men.

Some of the Argentine breweries participating in the event are: Cross (Bariloche), Owe (Neuquén), Fenicia (Rosario), Sauce (Santa Fe), Owl (Entre Rios) and Antares (Mar del Plata), among others.

The entrance fee includes five tastings of different styles of specialty beers (including Honey, Indian Pale Ale, Scotch, Porter and Weissbier) and access to all the talks. The event starts on Sunday at 2pm and finishes at 1am.

Tickets:

May 19 - 20: $ 130 Pesos

May 21 - 26: $ 150 Pesos

On sale at:

Bars that sponsor the event (see the list at beerday.com.ar)
By phone: 4381 7972 / 4382 4782
Online: beerdayfestivaldecervezas.tiendanube.com/
Facebook. facebook.com/BeerDay.Festival

Tickets must be purchased in advance, they won´t be sold at the door

The annual show jumping competition "Gran Premio Sol de Mayo" will take place on Sunday, May 19th, 2013, from 12:30 pm at Club Hipico Argentino, with the participation of the best national and international riders. This is one of the most important tournaments in the annual show jumping calendar in Argentina.

The main event, the International Grand Prize "Sol de Mayo" (1.5m) starts at 4:00 pm.

There will be activities for the whole family, like the presence of marching bands, vaulting exhibitions, free pony rides.

Location: Club Hipico Argentino. Av. Figueroa Alcorta 7285

Free entrance. Not suspended for rain.

The 2013 edition of Feria PuroDiseño, that will take place from May 21st to May 26th, 2013, at the Pabellón Amarillo in La Rural, will exhibit the avant-garde works of over 350 designers in the fields of clothing, accessories, contemporary jewelry, equipment, objects, digital design, graphic design, contemporary craftsmanship, textile development, and lighting.

The Fair features different thematic spaces, like:

Arte Espacio: an art exhibition area with works from the most talented artists.
Sustainable Space: exhibition of eco and socially responsible elements.
La Seleccion: selection of new designers.
Jewelers in Action: Open workshops by jewel designers with the participation of the public.
Puro Kids: for kids between 6 and 12 years of age, to enjoy games and participate in the in the creation of a great art work.
2nd National Footwear Contest: The 10 finalists will exhibit their creations at the Fair

Feria PuroDiseño is a space where design is the main protagonist. The goal of Feria PuroDiseño is to accompany and to promote this sector of the Argentine industry, as well as each and every one of its designers, as a platform for the promotion of local and international design and the stimulation to regional creativity.

Dates: May 21 - 26, 2012
Location: La Rural, Pabellon Amarillo. Av.Sarmiento 2704
Feria PuroDiseño website

From Sunday, May 12th to Sunday, May 26th, 2013, the Buenos Aires City Tango Dance Championship 2013 will be held in different "milongas", theaters, and cultural centers across the city.

The competition is on the look out for new winning couples in the categories Tango de Pista, Milonga, "Milongueros" of the World, and Waltz, who will qualify to participate in the World Tango Dance Championship that will take place in Buenos Aires in August 2013.

The Championship starts on May 12th at Teatro 25 de Mayo. The qualifying rounds will continue on Saturday 18 at CC Resurgimiento (La Paternal), Sunday 19 at CC Julián Centeya (San Cristóbal), and Tuesday 21 at CC Carlos Gardel (Chacarita), all with free entrance and limited capacity, until Wednesday 22 at La Viruta (Palermo) ($ 40 Pesos), to arrive at semifinals on Thursday 23rd at El Pial (Flores) ($30 Pesos).

The Final will be held on Sunday, May 26th at the recently inaugurated cultural center Usina del Arte (Av. Pedro de Mendoza & Caffarena), in La Boca, with free entrance. Free tickets for this event must be picked up at Casa de la Cultura, Av. de Mayo 575, on Friday 24th, from 12pm to 5pm (2 tickets per person). Make sure to get in line early!

Tickets for the events that are not free of charge will be on sale at the respective venues.

Click here for more information and complete day by day schedule.

The 5th Buenos Aires International Circus Festival, organized by the Ministry of Culture of the City of Buenos Aires, will take place between May 9 and May 19, 2013.

The Festival will offer the public unique experiences, outstanding artistic performances, and fun national and international shows, including 20 shows and 60 performances by Circus companies from France, Chile, Colombia, UK, Sweden, focusing on contemporary circus.

The French artist Camille Boittel and his company will present 3 different shows: “L´Inmédiat”, “Le Cabaret Calamatieux”, and “La Machine à jouer”.

There will be activities in the gardens of museums and parks, where families will have the chance to enjoy a picnic while watching a fun circus show.

Venues:

Several big tops will be put up at "Buenos Aires Polo Circo", Combate de los Pozos 1700, in the neighborhood of Parque Patricios, and there will be activities in these other venues:

Centro Cultural San Martín, Sarmiento 1551

Teatro San Martín, Av Corrientes 1530

Complejo Cultural Teatro 25 de Mayo, Triunvirato 4444

Espacio Cultural Carlos Gardel, Olleros 3640

Espacio Cultural Julián Centeya, Av San Juan 3255

Centro Cultural Adán Buenos Aires, Parque Chacabuco

Teatro de la Ribera, Av Pedro de Mendoza 1875

Anfiteatro de Mataderos, Lisandro de la Torre y Av Directorio

Anfiteatro de Parque Centenario, Av Leopoldo Marechal y Lillo

Plaza Palermo Viejo, Armenia y Costa Rica, Palermo

Plaza Francia, Recoleta

Dirección General de Museos, Av de los Italianos 851

Museo de Arte Español Enrique Larreta, Juramento 2291

Museo de Artes Plásticas Eduardo Sívori, Av Infanta Isabel 555

Tickets:

The shows by Argentine companies are free of charge. Free tickets must be picked up in advance at Casa de la Cultura, Av. de Mayo 575, 11am to 7pm. Maximum of 4 tickets per show, 2 shows per person.

Ticket sales for International shows (children under 3, free): advanced tickets can be purchased, from 11am to 7pm, at the following points of sale:

Centro Cultural General San Martin: Sarmiento 1554, Centro.

Buenos Aires Polo Circo: Av Juan de Garay and Combate de Los Pozos, Parque Patricios

Complejo Cultutal Teatro 25 de Mayo, Av. Triunvirato 4444 (Villa Urquiza)

On Internet through www.tuentrada.com

The Rugby Championship, the tournament that started in 2012 replacing the Tri Nations tournament, with Argentina joining the three rugby powers of the South Hemisphere (New Zealand, Australia, and South Africa), will commence on it´s second year on 17 August, 2013 at ANZ Stadium, with a popular clash between the Wallabies and 2012 season’s winners, the All Blacks.

During the tournament each team will play a home and and away fixture against each opponent.

The Argentine team, Los Pumas, will dispute three matches as locals during the tournament, against South Africa, New Zealand, and Australia, in the cities of Mendoza, La Plata and Rosario.

The debut of Los Pumas in our country will be on Saturday, August 24th, against South Africa's Springboks, at the stadium Malvinas Argentinas, in the city of Mendoza.

The second match will be against the All Blacks, the current World Champions, at the Estadio Ciudad de La Plata, on Saturday, September 28th.

Finally, on Saturday, October 5th, at the stadium Gigante de Arroyito, in the city of Rosario, Los Pumas will play against Australia's Wallabies, in the final match of the second edition of The Rugby Championship.

Previous to this tournament Los Pumas will playing two test matches against Enlgand, on June 8th in the city of Salta, and on June 15th in Buenos Aires, and a third test match against Georgia on June 22nd.

Tickets for all Argentina's local matches will go on sale through this website.

There are also tours available that include transfers from/to hotel in the local city, bilingual guide and ticket for the game. Contact me to inquire about this service.

Puma Urban Art 2013 will be the meeting point for the best national and international urban artists. An original event, dedicated to contemporary art and the new trends on street art around the world, that will take place on Saturday 4 and Sunday 5 of May, 2013, at Centro Cultural Recoleta.

This sixth edition of the Festival will feature the presence of international artists, like Tristan Eaton and Jimbo Phillips, and national artists Ramiro Smith Estrada, Romeo, Emanuel Sosa,Consuelo Vidal, Lucas Varela (comics), Kustom Brothers, Feno Artworks, La Chancha y los Veinte, Rock n’ Ride, Falu Carolei and Poleta (pin-ups girls art).

Exhibitions of national and international urban art works; panel talks; national and international music bands, live painting; conferences, documentaries, are some of the activities programmed for the event.

Location: Centro Cultural Recoleta. Junin 1930.

Dates and Hours: May 3 and 5, 2013 - 1 pm till midnight.

Free entrance

More information: Puma Urban Art website

The "Gran Premio Republica Argentina" (GI), one of the most important classics of the year, will take place on Labor Day, Wednesday, May 1st, 2013, at Hipodromo Argentino de Palermo, Av. Libertador & Dorrego.

This outstanding 2000-meter race gathers the best 3 years old and older pure thoroughbred horses of the national and foreign equestrian activity.

The Great Prize "Gran Premio Republica Argentina - Japan Racing Association Cup" will be the center of a spectacular journey that will start at 1:00 pm. Other five big prizes (GI) are included in the day's schedule: Great International Prize of the Americas; Breeders' Prize; Great International Prize of Buenos Aires City; Great Prize Jorge de Atucha; and the Great Prize Montevideo.

This fantastic day for the whole family will be closed with a music show by popular Argentine artist Vicentico, at 9pm.

Free entrance.

Caminos y Sabores (Roads and Flavors) 2013

Yayoi Kusama retrospective works at the MALBA

Italian Gastronomy Week

Youth Culture Festival Ciudad Emergente 2013

Expo Cuisine&Vins 2013

Free exhibition of Drawings from the personal collection of Fernando Botero

arteBA´13 Contemporary Art Fair

Beer Festival: BeerDay Buenos Aires 2013

International Show Jumping Competition Gran Premio Sol de Mayo 2013

Feria PuroDiseño 2013

Tango: Buenos Aires City Dance Champhionship 2013

5th Buenos Aires International Circus Festival

The Rugby Championship 2013

Puma Urban Art 2013 - Street Art Exhibition

Horse Racing: Gran Premio Republica Argentina 2013

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