The "Colección de Arte Amalia Lacroze de Fortabat" houses one of the most outstanding art collections in Buenos Aires, and should be added to the must-see list of any person visiting Buenos Aires.

It originated from the private collection of Mrs. Amalia Lacroze de Fortabat, one of the wealthiest women in Argentina, and an avid collector of artworks from different periods by national and international authors.

The collection is made up of over two hundred artworks and objects, organized into two main cores, according to their provenance: the first presents a visit through Argentinean art, and the second, great masters of international art.

Some of the most outstanding works in the Argentinian Art exhibition area are: "Apartando en el corral" (Sorting in the Corral) and "Los Capataces" (The Overseers), by Prilidiano Pueyrredón; "La resistencia" (Resistance) and "El indeciso" (The Indecisive One) by Emilio Pettoruti; "El almuerzo" (The Lunch) by Antonio Berni. The rest of the collection features outstanding works by many great Argentinian painters, like Carlos Alonso, Libero Badii, Juan Battle Planas, Fernando Fader, Xul Solar, Leopoldo Presas, Guillermo Roux, among others.

There's also a section exclusively dedicated to international art, with works by great masters from different periods, among them: Peter Brueghel II, with his piece "El censo en Belén" (The Census in Bethlehem); Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema; Marc Chagall; Salvador Dali; Jean-Baptiste Greuze; Auguste Rodin; Andy Warhol and his portrait of Mrs Fortabat; and Joseph Mallord William Turner, with "Juliet and her Nurse", the most outstanding piece in the collection and one of the highlights of the visit.

The building that houses the Colección de Arte Amalia Lacroze de Fortabat was especially designed Architect Rafael Viñoly. Its exhibition spaces and public, private and service areas are distributed on six rectangular floors, and the entire complex is oriented parallel to the Dock. The ground floor is divided into two sectors, with a large entrance hall, an auditorium for lectures, and the cafe. The first and second floors are visible from outside the building and are crowned by a curved arch of glass and steel fitted with enormous aluminum sunshades, movable panels that allow the interior illumination of the upper floors to be controlled by way of an automatic aperture mechanism. The floors below ground level extend further and have been constructed on a monumental scale.

Address: Olga Cossettini 141. Puerto Madero

Opening hours: Thursday through Sunday: 12 noon to 8 pm

Admission:
General: AR$16,000.-

Residents: AR$9,000.-

Free for children under 12 and disabled visitors with 1 companion.

Thursdays: free for senior citizens, students and educators with ID.

Website: www.coleccionfortabat.org.ar

The government of the City of Buenos Aires announces a Bell Concert, as closing of the program Primavera Buenos Aires, at 8:30 PM next Saturday, December 13, 2008.
In total, 53 bells will be used, directed by Llorenc Barber, distributed in 9 bell towers: Carillon of the Legislative Building, Casa de la Cultura, Municipal Palace, Cabildo, Church of San Francisco, Church of San Ignacio de Loyola, Church of San Juan Bautista, Church of San Roque, and Clock of the Legislative Building.
There will be 4 information centers were visitors will be able to get informative boocklets: Av. De Mayo & 9 de Julio, Casa de la Cultura, Corrientes & Florida, Defensa & Belgrano.
The concert will be closed with a show of fireworks facing Casa de la Cultura (Avenida de Mayo 575).

The Argentina Tennis Cup, sponsored by Peugeot (Copa Argentina de Tenis Peugeot 2008), will be disputed again this year from December 11th to December 14th, 2008.
This sixth edition of the Peugeot Argentina Tennis Cup will have the presence of some of the best national and international tennis players:

David Nalbandian
Juan Mónaco
Agustín Calleri
José Acasuso
Guillermo Cañas
Juan Ignacio Chela
Carlos Moyá (Spain)
Feliciano López (Spain)

The matches will take place on the central court of Buenos Aires Lawn Tennis Club, the traditional venue for Argentine Tennis. They will be played from 8 PM, on carpet surface, with 2 matches per day (Thursday 11 and Friday 12), semifinals (Saturday 13) and final (Sunday 14).

Dates: December 11-14, 2008. 8 PM
Location: Buenos Aires Lawn Tennis Club, Av. Olleros 1510, Palermo.
Tickets: At the stadium, or TopShow

Two open air musical events will take place next Saturday, December 6 2008, in the streets of Buenos Aires, where visitors will be able to experience two of the most traditional musical rythms of the Río de la Plata.

In the first one, in San Telmo, between 4 PM and 11 PM, 25 carnival groups ("comparsas") with over two thousand Argentinian and Uruguayan artists in their colorful costumes, present the "Llamada de Candombe de San Telmo", a parade of drums, music and dance. The "llamada" is traditional Uruguayan event in which the "comparsas" are called in to play the "candombe", a musical genre originated in Africa and brought to South American in the XVII and XVIII centuries by the African slaves. At Pasaje San Lorenzo there will be 4 bonfires for the tuning of the drums, that will start at 3 PM.
The parade starts at Defensa & av. Independencia, and each "comparsa" takes 1 hour to cover the 8 blocks until Defensa & Caseros, in Paque Lezama.
This event is totally free of charge.

The second of these events is "La Gran Milonga Nacional", starting at 8 PM in Avenida de Mayo, where people will have the chance to dance to tango orchestras that will be performing live on three stages, with the participation of professional dancers.
Some of the participating orchestras are: Los Reyes del Tango, Gente de Tango, Sexteto Milonguero, Roberto Siri and his Show, Orchestra of the Argentine Army, and Típica La Otra Vereda.
This mega event will cover Avenida de Mayo from Bolívar to Bernardo de Irigoyen, and it´s also free of charge.