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MALBA

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Official Review

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What it is

The Museo de Arte Latinoamericano de Buenos Aires, in Palermo, holding twentieth-century Latin American painting and sculpture alongside temporary exhibitions and a cinema.

Why travelers go

Because Latin American modernism is treated here as a subject in its own right rather than a footnote to Europe, and because the Kahlo and the Abaporu are both in this building.

What is genuinely good

A tightly chosen collection with no filler, half-price Wednesdays, a good cinema, and a building designed for looking at paintings.

Downsides and tourist traps

Small permanent collection. Prices change frequently with inflation. Not walkable from the centre. Closed Tuesdays.

Best for

Anyone interested in modern art, and anyone who wants to understand what Argentina thinks of itself.

Consider skipping if

You have one day and it is a Recoleta cemetery and steak day. This wants unhurried attention.

Practical advice

Come on a Wednesday for half price. Check the cinema listing before you go, because the programme is better than most cinemas in the city. Combine it with the Botanical Garden and Palermo's parks, which are minutes away.

Tickets and reservations

General admission 12,000 pesos; students, teachers and pensioners with accreditation 6,000 pesos; under-5s free. On Wednesdays general admission is 6,000 pesos and concessions 3,000. Cinema tickets are priced separately at 8,000 pesos general.

Getting there

Bus 67, 102 or 130 to Avenida Figueroa Alcorta, or a fifteen-minute taxi from the centre. The nearest subte stations are a long walk away.

Where it sits

Palermo, on Figueroa Alcorta beside the parks, close to the Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes and the botanical garden, in the greenest part of the city.

How long to allow

Ninety minutes to two hours.

Accessibility

Step-free throughout with lifts to all floors, and free admission for people with disabilities.

The RuinMyTrip verdict

Go on a Wednesday for half price. The best Latin American collection anywhere, in a building that knows to stay quiet.

Sources
  • General admission is 12,000 pesos, and 6,000 pesos for students, teachers and pensioners with accreditation. source
  • On Wednesdays general admission is 6,000 pesos. source

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Official Review

Written by RuinMyTrip Editorial from published research and official sources, not from a personal trip. It is not a traveler review and is never counted in the community rating. How we research.

★★★★★

Twelve Thousand Pesos, or Six Thousand If You Come on a Wednesday

MALBA charges 12,000 pesos for general admission on Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday, and 6,000 pesos for students, teachers and pensioners with accreditation. On Wednesdays general admission is 6,000 pesos. Children under 5 enter free. The collection is Latin American art of the twentieth century, and it is the best of its kind: Frida Kahlo's Self-portrait with Monkey and Parrot, Diego Rivera, Tarsila…

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