The National Academy of Fine Arts and the National Museum of Decorative Arts present the exhibition "De Durero a Picasso. Cinco siglos de grabado" (From Dürer to Picasso. Five Centuries of engravings), composed of fifty engravings belonging to a private collection.

The exhibition is made of works from the XVth century, by Albrecht Dürer and Lucas Cranach, among others; from the XVIth century plates by Lucas Vorsterman, Teodoro Bry, etc; from the XVIIth century, Wenzel Hollar, Claude Gellée Le Lorrain; from the XVIIIth, works by German artist Georges Schmidt; Japanese Utamaro, and Spanish Francisco de Goya; and from the XIXth century, works by Honoré Daumier, Henri Toulouse- Lautrec, and Pablo Picasso.

Engraving is a handicraft process. This exhibition is an homage to these artists and their world, allowing the visitor to see the evolution of the images and techniques of engraving between the XVth and XXth centuries.

Location: National Museum of Decorative Arts. Av. Libertador 1902
Dates: May 6th - June 14ht, 2009.
Opening hours: Tuesday to Sunday, 2 pm to 7 pm
Entry fees:
General AR $ 2.-
Students and pensioners: AR $ 1.-
Tuesdays free

The 2009 Season of the Opera Association Buenos Aires Lirica starts on March 27th with La Traviata, and continues throughout the year with great titles and outstanding productions:

MARCH 27, 29, 31
APRIL 2, 4
GIUSEPPE VERDI: LA TRAVIATA
Cast: Ivanna Speranza, Arnaldo Quiroga, Omar Carrión.
Buenos Aires Lírica Chorus and Orchestra
Musical direction: Carlos Vieu
Regie: Pablo Maritano
A different approach to the all time classical favorite.

MAY 8, 10, 12, 14, 16
IGOR STRAVINSKY: THE RAKE'S PROGRESS (El progreso del libertino)
Cast: Gustavo Gibert, Jeffrey Lentz, Ana Laura Menéndez, Evelyn Ramírez, Christian Peregrino.
Buenos Aires Lírica Chorus
Camerata Bariloche
Musical Direction: Alejo Pérez
Regie: Marcelo Lombardero
Inspired by a famous series of engravings by Hogarth, Stravinsky, one of the most brilliant musical genius of the XXth century, composed this opera in a neoclassical language, paying homage to figures like Pergolesi, Händel, Scarlatti, and over all Mozart.

JULY 17, 19, 21, 23, 25
CLAUDIO MONTEVERDI: IL RITORNO D'ULISSE IN PATRIA
Cast: Víctor Torres, Evelyn Ramírez, Franco Fagioli, María Cristina Kiehr.
Ensamble I febiarmonici
Musical direction: Juan Manuel Quintana
Buenos Aires Lírica offers the South American debut of this Monteverde's title, great example of the XVIIth century Venetian opera.

SEPTEMBER 11, 13, 15, 17, 19
GIAN CARLO MENOTTI: THE CONSUL (El cónsul)
Cast: Carla Filipcic Holm, Hernán Iturralde, Elisabeth Canis, Virginia Correa Dupuy, Leonardo Estévez, Osvaldo Peroni.
Musical direction: Javier Logioia Orbe
Regie: Fabian von Matt

NOVEMBER 13, 15, 17, 19
VINCENZO BELLINI: I PURITANI
Cast: Laura Rizzo, Carlos Ullán, Omar Carrión, Christian Peregrino y elenco
Buenos Aires Lírica Chorus and Orchestra
Musical direction: Guillermo Brizzio
regie: Marcelo Perusso
Buenos Aires Lírica ends the 2009 season with its first Bellini.

All performances at Teatro Avenida, Av. de Mayo 1222

Two events featuring free open air tango and music shows will take place this Sunday, May 31, 2009 in Buenos Aires.

At 2.00 pm a charity event to support two NGOs will be held at Plaza de Mayo (Bolívar and Av. de Mayo), with a "milonga" around the May Pyramid until 5.00 pm, and then the musical show “El tango viste a la Moda”, with 140 artists on stage.
Entrance is free of charge, but donations of school materials are welcomed (pencils, copybooks, folders, etc).

At 3.00 pm, a show celebrating the 203rd anniversary of the neighborhood of San Telmo will take place at the amphitheater of Parque Lezama (Brasil between Defensa and Balcarce), featuring music, dance and tango.

The Festival "Viñetas Sueltas", the first of its kind in the South American and European comic world, will take place for the second year in Buenos Aires. Throughout the festival, authors, editors and the general public will share a space to exchange experiences from all the latitudes about the "ninth art".
"Viñetas Sueltas" will open on Monday, May 25, 2009, with a street intervention, when 16 authors will draw 16 billboards in downtown Buenos Aires (microcenter), in the open view of people passing by.
The festival will feature exhibitions by national and international authors, coming from France, Italy, Belgium, Spain, Brazil, Colombia. There will also be workshops for professionals and the general public, talks and artistic activities for adults and children.
Guest artists are: Carlos Trillo, Etienne Davodeau, Xavier Lowenthal, Leif Tande, Andrea Bruno, Paolo Parisi, Ibn al rabin, Alex Baladi, Mauro Entrialgo, Fabio Zimbres, Alvaro Velez, Frank Arbelo, Rodolfo Santullo, Matias Bergara, Gabriel Ciccariello, Max Aguirre, Liliana Cupido, Edo Chieregato, Thomas Luis Cote, among others.
"Viñetas Sueltas" is organized by the Embassy of Canada, CCEBA- AECID, the Embassy of France and the Alliance Francaise, the Embassy of Switzerland, the Government of the City of Buenos Aires, Malba, and Centro Cultural Recoleta, with the support of the Embassy of Belgium, and Wallonie Bruxelles International, the city of Geneva, and SEACEX, Spain.

Dates: May 25th to May 31st, 2009
Locations:
Alianza Francesa: Av. Cordoba 946
Centro Cultural Recoleta: Junin 1930
Malba: Av. Figueroa Alcorta 3415