Faena Arts Center

Faena Arts Center

The Faena Arts Center is a cultural center in Puerto Madero , a former port area in Buenos Aires , Argentina .

Building history

The cultural center is located in a building of one of the first large flour mills in Argentina, the Molinos de la Plata . After the relocation of the port and the decline of the port area, Puerto Madero has been developed since the late 1980s and is now one of the sought-after areas for residential, office and entertainment uses in the Argentine capital.

The old machine house of the grain mill was gutted and, after being converted into modern exhibition rooms with over 4000 m², opened in September 2011 with an exhibition of works by the Brazilian artist Ernesto Neto .

Faena Prize for the Arts

The cultural center has been awarding the Faena Prize for the Arts since 2012 .

• The first winner was the Argentine artist Franco Dario Vico .
• The 2015 award winner was the artist Cayetano Ferrer with the installation Cinema Architecture .

Exhibitions

• 2011: O Bicho Suspenso na Paisajem , Ernesto Neto.
• 2012: Los Carpinteros .
• 2012: Franz Ackermann .
• 2013: El-Aleph , installation by Mischa Kuball and Anthony McCall .
• 2014: Richard Long : Textwork Mendoza Walking and sculptures Pampas Dreaming and Piraña Andes .
• 2014: Augustina Woodgate: GPS / Geometría Poética Social .

Web links

• Center website (en.)

Individual evidence

1. ^ Julieta Molina: Faena Arts Center, el nuevo vecino de Puerto Madero. In: La Nación of September 23, 2011. Retrieved October 30, 2014 (Spanish).
2. ↑ Welcome to the time machine room in FAZ of October 1, 2013, page 36

Coordinates: 34 ° 36 ′ 49.3 "  S , 58 ° 21 ′ 41.8"  W.