JANUARY

TUESDAY 19 
BJORN AGAIN

The Australian Band, tribute to ABBA arrives in Argentina with its "Mamma Mia! It´s Björn Again 20th Anniversary Tour!
LUNA PARK STADIUM. Corrientes & Bouchard
Tickets: at the stadium or www.ticketportal.com.ar

THURSDAY 21 

METALLICA

The Metal band presents a show in Argentina as part of its world tour "Death Magnetic Tour".

RIVER PLATE STADIUM. Av. Figueroa Alcorta 7597

Tickets: Ticketek Argentina www.ticketek.com.ar

THURSDAY 28
THE WAILERS + ALPHA BLONDY
The original members of The Wailers offer a concert in Buenos Aires with Alpha Blondy as a special guest.
LUNA PARK STADIUM. Corrientes & Bouchard
Tickets: at the stadium or www.ticketportal.com.ar

FEBRUARY

THURSDAY 4
TOM JONES
The legendary American singer present an only show in Buenos Aires.
FRIDAY 5 

THE CRANBERRIES 

Dolores O’Riordan and her band will offer a show at the Luna Park, for the first time in Argentina. They will get together after 7 years presenting their greatest hits and solo themes by O'Riordan.

LUNA PARK STADIUM. Corrientes & Bouchard

Tickets: at the stadium or www.ticketportal.com.ar

FRIDAY 12

BEYONCE

The American singer Beyonce Knowles announced the dates of her Latin American tour "I am...", which includes performances in Brazil, Argentina, Chile and Peru. She will be presenting her third album "I am... Sasha Fierce".

HIPODROMO DE SAN ISIDRO. Av. Marquez 800. San Isidro, Province of Buenos Aires.

Tickets: www.tuentrada.com

THURSDAY 18 

EMIR KUSTURIKA 

The Serbian movie director and musician Emir Kusturica will be back in Argentina to offer a show with his band The No Smoking Orchestra.

LUNA PARK STADIUM. Corrientes & Bouchard

Tickets: at the stadium or www.ticketportal.com.ar

FRIDAY 26 

COLDPLAY

Coldplay is back in Argentina as part of its Latin American tour. The special guest artist during all the tour will be Bat For Lashes.

RIVER PLATE STADIUM. Av. Figueroa Alcorta 7597

Tickets: Ticketek Argentina www.ticketek.com.ar

The traveling exhibition "Images of the Louvre: six centuries of European painting", will be inaugurated on Saturday, October 31, 2009, in the streets of La Boca. This traveling exhibition arrives in Buenos Aires after having visited La Habana, Santo Domingo and Montevideo, thanks to an agreement between the Ministry of Culture and the Louvre Museum in Paris, with the collaboration of the French Embassy and Alliance Francaise.

It will be presented in the neighborhood of La Boca, in the promenade of Avenida Pedro de Mendoza, from Caminito up to the old Transbordador bridge, featuring 122 life size reproductions of paintings from the Louvre Museum, photographed in high resolution and printed on a quality material, with their original frames. "Images of the Louvre: six centuries of European painting" presents an outlook of the occidental painting between the XIII and the XIX centuries. All the artistic movements are represented: Primitive, Renaissance, Maniérisme, Caravagism, Classicism, Barroque, Rococo, Neoclassicism, Romantisism, and Orientalism, with works by Da Vinci, Tiziano, Murillo, Rembrandt, among others. It will be on display through January 31st, 2010.

Malba (Buenos Aires Latin American Art Museum) presents "Andy Warhol, Mr. America", the first great exhibition dedicated to Andy Warhol in Argentina, in collaboration with Andy Warhol Museum in Pittsburgh. A selection of 140 works, presenting the popular and political culture of United States through the eyes of Andy Warhol.

The list of works includes 26 paintings, 58 engravings, 39 photographs, and 2 installations (Silver Clouds and Cow wallpaper). Among the exhibited pieces, the famous portraits of Marilyn, Jackie Kennedy  and Mao; the iconic series of Campbell Soups; the films Empire, Blow Job, Outer and Inner Space, and a huge selection of his “Screen Tests” -3 rolls with 10 portraits each- produced in his famous studio TheFactory. 44 movies from different stages in his artistic production, from 1961 to 1968 will be screened at the exhibition hall and the auditorium.

Dates: October 23, 2009 through February 22, 2010

Location: MALBA. Av. Figueroa Alcorta 3415

Room 5 (2nd floor) and Room 3 (1st floor)

Opening hours:

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

Wednesdays: 12:00 to 9:00 pm.

Tuesdays closed.

Fundacion Proa presents a unique exhibition: “The Time of Art” (El tiempo del Arte). It brings together a group of over one-hundred works of art comprising various centuries of Art History. Starting in the 16th Century through the 21st, and arriving to the present, the exhibition revisits history through a dialogue between ancient, modern, and contemporary art.

Photography, painting, video installation, together with renown portraits, bring life to this exhibition, that presents some iconic pieces of art history from the outstanding patrimony of the Accademia Carrara and the GAMEC, Gallery of Modern and Contemporary Art in Bergamo, Italy.

“The Time of Art” is divided into eight thematic nuclei, which show the problematics of humanity throughout time:

Power /Quotidian / Life /Death / Mind / Body / Love / Hate

Notable artists such as Agostino Carraci, Tiépolo, Velásquez, Piero Paoloni, Joseph Kosuth, Morandi, Leon Ferrari, Helio Oiticica, Gilbert & George, De Chirico and Jeff Wall are some of the artists who will be present in this unprecedented exhibition proposal.

Dates: September 20th, 2009 through January 4th, 2010.

Location: Fundación Proa. Av. Pedro de Mendoza 1929, La Boca

Opening hours: Tuesday to Sunday, 11 am to 7 pm (Mondays closed)