Argentina will be hosting the Czech Republic for the Semifinals of the Davis Cup on clay at the Estadio Parque Roca in Buenos Aires on September 14th, 15th and 16th, 2012.  Argentina and Czech Republic have met on four previous occasions, with the Czechs leading 3-1. However, this will be Czech Republic’s first visit to Parque Roca, the venue that has become a fortress for the Argentine team, who are yet to be beaten there. 

Argentina are bidding to reach the Final for the second straight year. In fact, the Argentines have the unwanted record of reaching the most Finals - four - without winning the title.

The dates and times of the matches are:
Friday 14th, 10:45 am;
Saturday 15th, 12:30 pm
Sunday 16tht, 10:45 am.

Location: Estadio Parque Roca. Av. Roca y Escalada, Buenos Aires.
Tickets are on sale at Ticketek Argentina website.
More information: Davis Cup official website.

For people who want to secure their places in advance, there are tour companies offering a full package that includes transfers, tickets for the three days (abono), permanent coordinator, and snacks. Contact me to receive information about this service.

The fixture of football (soccer) matches in Buenos Aires for the second half of the year 2012 has been announced. It comprises the matches in the National Tournament "Torneo Inicial 2012" the international tournament "Copa Sudamericana" (South American Cup), and the Qualifying matches for Brazil Wold Cup 2014 .

The "Superclasico" River vs Boca, defined as one of the most fascinating sports experiences worldwide, will take place on October 28th at River Plate Stadium.

Don't miss the opportunity of attending one of these exciting games the easiest and safest way, with a service that includes tickets, transfers, and bilingual host, provided by one of the leading companies in football tours. Contact me and make your reservation!

AUGUST 2012

Schedule subject to change of dates and addition of matches, please check regularly on this post for updates

The XVII Encuentros Abiertos - Festival de la Luz (Festival of Light), will be held from August 1st to September 30th, 2012 in Museums, Cultural Centers, Galleries and Art Venues in 30 cities in Argentina, in the provinces of Buenos Aires, Neuquén, Salta, San Juan, Catamarca, Chaco, Chubut, Córdoba, Corrientes, Entre Ríos, Jujuy, La Pampa, La Rioja, Mendoza, Misiones, Río Negro, San Luis, Santa Cruz, Santa Fe, Tierra del Fuego and Tucumán. 

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: Photographic exhibitions at museums and cultural centers around the country, under the 2012 theme "The Passion".  

Lectures: conferences, workshops and round tables specialized on Art Photography and their contemporary topics. 

Portfolio´s Forum: a meeting place between photographers and curators, that can help artists with their work. National and international curators, collectors, editors, directors of spaces of art and festivals, which can exhibit, publish or acquire their works. 

Actions: calls, contests, video art, presentation and signing of books and performances. 

Workshops: dictated for national and international experts.

Urban Interventions: exhibitions, projections and other actions in open spaces, that interfere in the everyday life of the people. 

Projections and Video Art 

The Festival of Light is an international collaboration of 27 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 - FOL is integrated by the cities of: Aleppo, Atlanta, Ballarat, Bamako, Braga, Brasilia, Bratislava, Buenos Aires, Derby, Cracovia, Houston, Kaunas, Lodz, Luxembourg,  Mexico, Montreal, Moscow, Odense, Paris, Portland, Porto Alegre, Tampere, Tenerife, Thessaloniki, Toronto. 

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

Called "Meraviglie dalle Marche", or Marvels from the Marche, this exhibition displays a valuable collection of paintings from an Italian region rich in natural beauty and artistic heritage, culturally important for the quality and number of artists who have contributed much to the pictorial art in Italy and the world. It includes works such as a lesser-known version of Raphael's "Saint Catherine of Alexandria," (the most famous one is in the National Gallery in Washington), Titian's "Resurrection", and Guido Reni's "Annunciation" and "Saint Sebastian", and works by other painters equally remarkable as Guercino, Luca Giordano, Maratta, among others.

The paintings, spanning more than 400 years of Italian religious art, are on loan from public and Church-owned museums in Urbino, Ancona, Ascoli Piceno, Fabriano, Loreto, Jesi and six other cities and towns in the Marche region. The exhibition is a significant tour of the Italian religious iconography ranging from the late Gothic tables - in the late XIV - XV century, by painters Olivuccio Ciccarello and Paolo Veneziano, to the monumental neoclassicism of Adolfo de Carolis from the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.The exhibited works come from:

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