In Micromundo, Franco Centurión uses painting to build a universe inhabited by architectures, organic forms, small characters and objects that seem to exist under their own rules. The works present suspended scenes, spaces where the minimal takes center stage and...
MAPI presents “NINGYŌ: Art and Beauty of Japanese Dolls”, a traveling exhibition of the Japan Foundation that offers a journey through the vast and diverse culture of dolls in Japan. The Japanese word ningyō literally means “human form”. Through 67 carefully selected...
MAPI presents its new Permanent Carnival Masks Gallery, a space dedicated to the richness and diversity of this celebration across Latin America. The exhibition brings together unique pieces from the carnivals of Colombia, the Dominican Republic, Brazil, Mexico,...
The MAPI building houses one of the most emblematic collections in the region: the Claudio Rama Collection of Latin American Masks. This permanent gallery, covering more than 150 square meters, offers a unique journey through the diversity and cultural richness of...
MAPI enters the Metaverse with an innovative proposal developed by Valentina Golubei, which eliminates geographical barriers and expands its reach globally. Using the Spatial.io platform, MAPI offers a new way to interact with its collection, giving visitors a unique...
The territory of present-day Nicaragua had several languages (Nahuatl, Chorotega, Nahoa) and various types of population and religious beliefs until the arrival of the Spanish. From then on, as throughout Latin America, there was a strong process of evangelization,...
It was La Abadía Centro de Arte y Estudios Latinoamericanos, in the city of Buenos Aires, that hosted the exhibition “The Other Frontiers” The Far East. The exhibition, the first of its kind presented by La Abadía’s Art Center, is made up of 99...
This permanent exhibition tells the story of the Blackfoot — or, in Spanish, pies negros — a group of peoples who inhabit the Great Plains region east of the Rocky Mountains, between the northwestern United States and southern Canada. The term Blackfoot is a European...
This gallery presents the research of the Argentine archaeomusicologist Mónica Gudemos, who collaborated with MAPI from 2016 to 2021 on the analysis and interpretation of this set of instruments, which belong to our collection. We observe a series of aerophones — that...
