The per­fect blend of her hybrid ori­gins makes Buenos Aires a unique town. A city that offers the archi­tec­tonic beauty of its sump­tu­ous past, Buenos Aires boasts not only the excit­ing nightlife of a cos­mopoli­tan city, but also the sen­su­al­ity and rhythm of her Latin Amer­i­can roots.These char­ac­ter­is­tics result in an intense artis­tic pro­duc­tion and cul­tural activ­ity. arteBA, the most vis­ited cul­tural event in Buenos Aires city and the top­most in Latin Amer­ica con­denses all this energy and becomes both a tourism mag­net and a busi­ness center.

The fair is vis­ited by over a 100,000 peo­ple, and among them are art col­lec­tors and rep­re­sen­ta­tives from the world of art, eager to dis­cover dif­fer­ent pro­pos­als not to be found in any other con­tem­po­rary art event.

This is then the moment for the gal­leries to dis­play their best Latin Amer­i­can art pieces, their col­lec­tion pieces, as it is also the right time for those new spaces to fea­ture those artists enrolled in the lat­est trends. Over 800 Latin Amer­i­can artists fea­ture their work dur­ing this out­stand­ing cul­tural event.

arteBA pro­duces a unique com­bi­na­tion of an art fair with an exhi­bi­tion plat­form with inno­v­a­tive pro­pos­als of the high­est qual­ity. This year we present the arteBA Petro­bras Prize for the Visual Arts—a highly expected dis­tinc­tion and known to be one of the most con­tro­ver­sial in this area; the Open Space, where works of a high impact are exhib­ited in a space espe­cially devoted to large for­mat pieces or instal­la­tions; then, the Bar­rio Joven Chan­don ( Chan­don Young Quarter)—meant for the most auda­cious and inno­v­a­tive pro­pos­als in the artis­tic Latin Amer­i­can pro­duc­tion; and Video Space spon­sored by Con­verse, devoted to the most widely acclaimed video art works and the Homage to the Great Masters—sponsored by Banco Gali­cia and meant to cel­e­brate three fun­da­men­tal Argen­tine artists.

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