Today I went to el Museo Nacional de Arte Decorativo (the National Museum of Decorative Art). I honestly didn't think it would be that great, and was hesitant to even go when I found out that it cost 3 pesos (as opposed to 1 peso, or free). But I'm so glad that I did go! I spent three hours there, and feel like I could spend a hundred more in there. =)
The place used to be a mansion, and a lot of the things inside belonged to the family who lived there. There are marble statues, beautiful leather-bound books, lots of little portraits for lockets, teacups and saucers with bright colors and a wallpaper-like scheme, beautiful furniture (including a gondola-shaped bed with a canopy and chairs and curtains embroidered with flowers), a huge theater, a little marble sculpture depicting a battle between angels and demons and people from earth looking on, beautiful chandeliers (the shadows make sort of a leafy pattern on the ceiling)... Needless to say, I loved it.
Both of the exhibitions featured there were great. One was of silver craftsmanship (there were lots of silver mate cups and other dishes), and the other was of Finnish art. The Finnish printed cloth and dresses were beautiful. They made me really want to check Finland out! =)
There were no photos allowed inside the museum, but if so inclined you can go on a visita virtual (virtual tour) on the website. The virtual tour is in Spanish, but the website navigation is easy enough to figure out (just click on the names of rooms), and there's an informational section in English:
Here's a nice room to start with. =)
After that museum, I went to a park across the street and looked at the statues. I'm really going to miss having all these statues around.
Finally, I went to MALBA (Latin-American Art Museum) again to see the author of El país de las mujeres (Women's Country), Gioconda Belli, speak. The talk was really interesting, and I saw some more great art at MALBA. The highlights were a rug which the artist transposed the image of a shadow onto, and an exposition of Alfredo Prior's work (really beautiful, abstract stuff, a lot of it themed around Greek mythology).
It was a full, amazing day! =)
Here's a belated picture of el Día del Estudiante (Students' Day), when me, Fede, his friend, and a bunch of people from my exchange program went on a picnic in los Bosques (Forests) de Palermo.
Besos!
Kaeli
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