It is rare for a museum to hold a contemporary art fair. But it’s a case of silverand its third edition shows that it is possible. Directed by the Buenos Aires Provincial Institute of Culture through the Emilio Petruti Provincial Museum. will be celebrated this weekend Argentine Theater in La Plata. It also flies its own flag of inclusivity and decentralization.
It opened yesterday and will continue tomorrow from 2pm to 8pm at Av. 51 between 9 and 10 in La Plata, there will be more than 30 stands from galleries and publishers. Participation and admission to the fair are free. There will be a performance tomorrow, Sunday, starting at 4 p.m. By Fernando Tremendo at the Club de la Pintura Stand. 8:00 p.m. Closing will be held in the Piazzolla Room hopeless truck Written by Lucia Ceres.
This is a special museum that retains the seal of its 1930s director, the most famous Cubist in the land. Emilio Petolti. “In a way, this policy restores the strategy of integrating the market and the state, art as a form of consumption. On the ground floor there are display cases displaying historical episodes of the museum, promoting and encouraging the buying and selling of works of art from the 30s to the 60s. “Are you interested in local salons? Are you interested in art? Well, you can buy works,” he points out. The current manager is Federico Rubituso. This year’s fair will include the 2025 State Visual Arts Hall awards and exhibits in the entrance hall. Several artists will be performing on both floors at the same time. for example, Francisco Ratti is one of the show’s winners, gallery owner and fair artist.
The purpose of the Pratada is similar to that of all the federal fairs that have sprung up in recent years: to create a market for local art. Two founding curators are working on this project: Virginia Martín, an artist and manager from La Plata, and Facundo Belen. “This time we have taken a step forward in terms of the quality of the presentation of projects, meetings and stands. We are beginning to see the path that projects in the province of Buenos Aires will follow. This is a professionalization that is part of the ultimate goal of the trade fair. Beyond sales, it is also a training stay,” says Belen.
This fair is still young, but since it is a university city, there are many art experts. “La Platada stands out for the quality of its artists’ work. It is clear that the majority of the artists have received training, which allows them to take care of the finished product,” said collector Abel Guaglianone.
Of the 24 participating art spaces, 11 are from La Plata. Vincent, Club de la Pintura, Planta Alta, Residencia Corazon, NN, Monton; crumb, Kocomiel, Crystal, Geometras, Rad Thaler. The Buenos Aires residents who will participate in the meeting in the provincial capital are María Casado (Becal), Karamo (San Nicolas), Mapa (Las Flores), Cresteo (Sierra de la Ventana/Torunquist), Isidro (Coronel Suárez), La Pontiana (Heneral Villegas), Department 112 (Martínez), and Minister de. La Pavada (cat chair). Other cities include Sala Peruche (CABA), Jamaica (Rosario), Ono (CABA), Primor (Itinerante), Acefala (CABA), and La Portland (Entre Ríos). Other publishers include Morpurgo, Patio Interno, Barba de Abejas, Belleza y Felicidad, Cariño, Artefacto, Avenircuaderno, El Cable, Segunda Época and Papel Cosido.
When they say inclusion, certain nuances are noticeable. It’s an old artist’s nuance. For example, Isidro Gallery has Zulma Echeverri, an 80-year-old emerging artist from Coronel Suárez. She is a gardener and an artist, and there are pots next to her flower paintings. The Crystal Gallery recreates the imagination of women. “Women doing their own curation at home. A homage to feminine domestic aesthetics,” says Ezequiel Chiodi, creator of the pen-made wall plates. Pol Oviedo, creator of Angels made using Mapuche pottery techniques, received an award from this gallery.
CLAAAM brought together workshop leaders Javi Samaniego García, all over 80 years old, who won one of the In Situ Awards for this project. There are crochet folders, paintings naïve Some nudes with pops of color look like they came straight out of a young person’s neighborhood. “It’s an art clinic for the elderly that we run in Pasaje d’Ardo Rocha. I’m interested in this recovery of crocheting and DIY. For example, Noemi frames her work. I also like her exploration of kindness.” Samaniego had already won last year in another workshop called the Gallery of Art and Architecture, a project that works with people with disabilities and survivors of the mental health system. And upstairs, he is one of the salon’s selected artists.
Some participants. Taller RAD, a screen printing laboratory run by Paula Giorgi, invites you to print images taken from the museum’s archives onto paper or T-shirts. The collaboration was seen in Vincent’s space, where Emilia Hendreich and Roberta Valente exchanged oil paintings by mail. Total projects include large-scale immersive installations and textile installations. Ministry of Pavadato the minimalist works of Patricio Sividanes, Primor: oil paintings on sugar packets with a nail brush, a series of adorable little cups.
Sales were slow, but are expected to pick up on Sunday, the final day. “It helped us bring print“In La Portolan, the work of one artist, Lázaro Orier, is exhibited. The red dots can be seen, for example, in the work of Daniel Fitte of Isidro, who painted the Sierra Bayas Mountains with stones from a quarry. The Pa Gallery and the award-winning Cresteo in the Sierra de la Ventana have more Buenos Aires landscapes and deserve a spot award.”The curators of La Pontiana, on the other hand, chose the people of Villegas to spend time in La Plata. Because they are art students.
of The In Situ Prize, presented by its sponsors Mr. Guaglianones and Mr. Joaquin Rodríguez, has a prize of P500,000 each and is part of a tour of more than 10 federal trade shows. “We missed the Salta and Córdoba fairs and this year is coming to an end. Since we started in 2022, we have already given out 60 awards,” says Rodríguez. “The Corrientes and Chaco fairs have an average audience of 3,000 to 4,000 people a day. You see the interest, the enthusiasm, the need and the way they are received. The prices are different, too, and there are works of excellent quality by local artists for 60,000 pesos and 100,000 pesos. It creates what we try to create in local fairs: community,” says Guaglianones.
The Pratada 2025, presented by Marcela di Capua, Pablo Mazza and Federico Rubituso, went to El Club de la Pintura and Gabriel Colasuldo. “Night at the Museum” filled the city with art starting at 8 p.m. The fair’s closing party will be held at the Sputnik Gallery, featuring an exhibition by guest artist Julián Matta.
On Sunday, tours of the various spaces of the city of La Plata will be added to the fair’s activities. The exhibition will be held at the UNLP Art Center (48th Street between 6 and 7). Luis Passos. important poems. You can visit this collective in MACLA’s Space E (Pasaje Dardo Rocha – Calle 50 between 6 and 7). The edge of the borrowed skin. NN Gallery (49th Street n° 719, between 9 and 10) will host two exhibitions. clown with julian guest Written by Renata Molinari.
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