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Guillermo Gonzalez Taboada / Publisher and Editor / Buenos Aires

Despidiendo a Julio“Charlamos casi una hora y media por teléfono, Le Parc en su lugar de vacaciones en España y yo aquí ...
31/05/2026

Despidiendo a Julio

“Charlamos casi una hora y media por teléfono, Le Parc en su lugar de vacaciones en España y yo aquí en Buenos Aires. Para él eran casi las siete de la tarde y se levantaba luego de una larga siesta. Llamé al número que me había indicado Yamil, su hijo —curador de parte de sus muestras y entusiasta cantante de tangos— y, en el apuro, olvidé activar una función de la aplicación Tape-a-Call en mi iPhone. Cuando nos despedimos descubrí que la conversación no había quedado registrada.

Fue tan intensa la charla, tan grande el interés y tan minuciosas sus respuestas, que quedaron grabados en mi memoria una cantidad de datos y, sobre todo, apreciaciones que espero haber resumido aquí con cierto rigor. Vayan mis disculpas para Julio si algo no está reflejado con el espíritu con que me lo transmitió.”

Así comenzaba la nota que en octubre de 2014 realizamos a Julio Le Parc para el N.º 3 de la revista Art Democracy, titulado La Argentina Geométrica, una edición impresa publicada en Buenos Aires y de la que pueden verse algunas imágenes en este posteo.

La entrevista completa puede consultarse en:
issu.com/artdemocracy1
“We spoke on the phone for nearly an hour and a half, with Le Parc at his vacation home in Spain and me here in Buenos Aires. For him it was almost seven in the evening, and he had just gotten up from a long siesta. I called the number provided by Yamil, his son — curator of some of his exhibitions and an enthusiastic tango singer — and, in my rush, I forgot to activate a feature of the Tape-a-Call app on my iPhone. When we said goodbye, I realized that the conversation had not been recorded.

The exchange was so intense, his interest so genuine, and his answers so detailed, that a wealth of information and, above all, insights remained etched in my memory. I hope I have summarized them here with a reasonable degree of accuracy. My apologies to Julio if anything is not reflected in the spirit in which he conveyed it to me.”

13/05/2026

Another contribution from the Austrian Pavilion to Venice Biennale 2026

07/05/2026

THE VENICE BIENNALE HAS FOUND ITS CATTELAN BANANA

Achieving global media impact for a major art event is something every organizer — and every interest surrounding it — aspires to. Since the hundreds of thousands of articles, headlines and social media mentions generated years ago by Maurizio Cattelan’s banana at Art Basel Miami, few works have managed to capture worldwide attention on a similar scale.

Until now.

The singular bell performance presented at the Austrian Pavilion by the until recently little-known Austrian artist Florentina Holzinger has become one of the defining viral images of this year’s Venice Biennale.

A naked performer suspended upside down inside a monumental bell, striking it with her own body, instantly traveled across newspapers, television broadcasts and digital platforms around the globe.

The work was introduced as a reflection on climate collapse, ecological anxiety and the fragile condition of Venice itself. Yet beyond the spectacular imagery and its undeniable media effectiveness, an inevitable question emerges: does the piece truly deepen the conversation around these urgent subjects, or does it merely amplify them through provocation?

Many critics and observers have pointed out that the installation seems to follow an increasingly familiar formula within contemporary institutional art: physical shock, nudity, bodily extremity and an overarching political statement presented as conceptual depth.

To many viewers, the enormous bell ultimately says less about climate change than about the contemporary art world’s growing dependence on spectacle as validation. The controversy, the images and the outrage become inseparable from the artwork itself.

And perhaps that is the real message hidden behind the noise.

RETIRO DISTRICT / JIMENA SIMONA / COLECCIÓN RIVAS - Retiro DistrictThe Retiro neighborhood in Buenos Aires—once home to ...
05/05/2026

RETIRO DISTRICT / JIMENA SIMONA / COLECCIÓN RIVAS - Retiro District

The Retiro neighborhood in Buenos Aires—once home to iconic initiatives for Argentine art such as the Instituto Di Tella and the gallery of the renowned Ruth Benzacar —has begun to reemerge as the epicenter of a new generation of artists, gallerists, and cultural initiatives.

At the space of Colección Rivas, the exhibition by Juana Simona closes this Thursday. A young artist who recently drew attention with her remarkable collages, she now reveals a new facet of her practice at Rivas.

The closing takes place just a short walk from the Fundación Klemm and another initiative that has already secured its place on the city’s art calendar: Affaiir, the open and relaxed fair that continues to attract a growing audience.

Retiro is in bloom once again. It’s well worth heading over to see Juana Simona’s exhibition, and to spend the afternoon visiting younger galleries such as La Mala or Al Sur Gallery at the space Barrakesch—before ending with a drink at Acuario Bar , another splendid meeting point set within an iconic building of Buenos Aires architecture.

03/03/2026

At ARCO Madrid 2026, Elias Crespin presents Cuadrado Flexionante Fluo Rouge (2025). a fluorescent kinetic sculpture that unfolds geometry through programmed movement. Blending computer engineering and kinetic art, Crespin animates suspended forms with custom software, creating algorithmic sequences that explore space and time. He also presents TriNet at the El Mundo booth — a suspended triangular grid that examines geometry as a temporal, shifting order, merging mathematical precision with emotional resonance.

26/02/2026

Vuelve la feria que en sus comienzos el establishment del arte recibió con escepticismo AFFAIR #8 Ocho veces más interesante. Hoy desde las 18, en las Galerías Larreta, Plaza San Martín, Buenos Aires

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