Museo de Arte Moderno de Buenos Aires (MAMBA) (Museum of Modern Art of Buenos Aires)

Museo de Arte Moderno de Buenos Aires (MAMBA) (Museum of Modern Art of Buenos Aires) Review

Some 7000 contemporary artworks make up the permanent collection at this block-long museum. Once the site of a tobacco company, the MAMBA retains the original exposed-brick facade and fabulous wooden doors with wrought-iron fixtures. After being closed for more than five years of renovation work, these doors reopened in late 2010, although only a few galleries arre actually up and running. Eventually, most of wall acreage will contain a rotating selection of the museum's paintings, sculptures, and new media by 20th- and 21st-century artists both local and international. Since reopening, temporary exhibitions have included engravings by local great Antonio Seguí. Lectures and film screenings will form part of the program.