20.05.2016 In Shutdown, wastefulness is the standard of progress whatever the angle of vision. Hundreds of household appliances, cell phones, and television sets purchased on extended layaway—with or without currency restrictions—are an attempt to re-establish social calm and to legitimize order that, like a back and forth of domestication and violence, ends up imploding. Mediatization, social reality, spectacularity, the party line, and polarization: these are the abstract materials of the present that, in pursuit of a better angle, the artist places before our vision.
Alejo Ponce de León. "Shutdown". Revista Otra Parte, junio 2016
Marina Oybin. "Cuerpos que importan". Suplemento Radar, Página/12, junio 2016
30.05.2026 The exhibition Segundas vidas, curated by SONIA BECCE, unfolds in two parts. The first room, featuring recent work by Analía Saban, marks the artist’s first solo exhibition in Buenos Aires in more than ten years. The second room features a new series of ARC (Animal Rug Company) works, a project that Agustina Woodgate began in 2010.
09.05.2026 Matías Duville presents Monitor Yin Yang, curated by Josefina Barcia, a site-specific installation that transforms the space into a traversable territory constructed with salt and charcoal. The project expands drawing into a spatial, sonic, and performative experience. Biennale di Venezia, Argentine Pavillion, until November 22, 2026.
05.05.2026 Nicanor Aráoz participates in the group exhibition Oscuridad visible: La larga sombra de la dictadura, organized by Museo Moderno of Buenos Aires to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the last military coup. Aráoz presents Glótica 3 (Argentina Brava Mix). At Spazio Punch, Venice, Italy.
01.04.2026 Gabriel Chaile presents his new solo exhibition, Archaeology of Memory, where he scavenges a variety of decorative and functional objects from the local area surrounding the Whitechapel Gallery, to be displayed alongside guardian adobe sculptures. Until September 6, 2026.
06.03.2026 La Chola Poblete: pop andino, is La Chola's first exhibition in Brazil. Curated by Adriano Pedrosa and Leandro Muniz, the exhibition brings together 31 works, including 14 watercolors from the iconic series Vírgenes cholas, exhibited at the Venice Biennale in 2024. At the São Paulo Museum of Art (MASP) until August 8, 2026.
04.03.2026 Madrid, Spain. Solo Show by Agustina Woodgate in the section “Profiles. Latin American Art” curated by José Esparza Chong Cuy.
03.02.2026 Woodgate is participating in the third edition of the Diriyah Contemporary Art Biennale, In Interludes and Transitions. Curated by Nora Razian and Sabih Ahmed. She is the only participant from Argentina and presents a new instance of The Source, a series of artworks taking the shape of site-specific water infrastructures. In Diriyah, UAE.
01.02.2026 A work by Gabriel Chaile will be exhibited for the first time at the Guggenheim Bilbao. The group show Artes de la tierra, curated by Manuel Ciruaqui, addresses the current state of the environment with a collection of works that refer to the soil as a substrate. Until May 3rd, 2026. Bilbao, Spain.
30.01.2026 Works by Martín Legón, Nicanor Aráoz and Marcelo Pombo are part of El orden imposible del mundo, at Fundacion Proa. Curated by Francisco Lemus, the group show brings together artworks that marked bold acquisitions by Argentine collectors.
27.01.2026 We are thrilled to announce the selection of Matías Duville to represent Argentina at the 61st International Art Exhibition of the Venice Biennial. The project chosen for the Argentine Pavilion is “Monitor Yin Yang”, curated by Josefina Barcia. From May 9 to November 22, 2026, Venice, Italy.
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