Horacio J. Spinetto (Buenos Aires, 1950) is a prominent figure in the cultural universe of the Río de la Plata. A visual artist, an architect trained at the UBA, a museologist, and a teacher, throughout his career he has combined visual creation with reflection on the...
MAPI presents “Christs & Crystals,” the first solo exhibition by photographer Víctor Cunha, a series of images taken in La Recoleta Cemetery (Buenos Aires), where light, stained glass, and the passage of time meet in a poetic tension between beauty and decay. The...
MAPI, in collaboration with the Embassy of Peru in Uruguay, presents the exhibition “SHIPIBO-KONIBO. Portraits of My Blood” by photographer David Díaz. Through a series of images of great visual power, the exhibition portrays scenes from the daily life of the...
“Dialogues” brings together a selection of works by contemporary artists Nino Fernández, Marcelo Larrosa, Federico Méndez, and Gustavo Serra, who engage in dialogue with the Augusto Torres – Elsa Andrada Collection, in the custody of MAPI. This collection...
MAPI presents the photography exhibition “Giant Kites of Guatemala,” by Australian photographer Alana Mc Connom, produced during her residency in that Central American country. Through her lens, Mc Connom documents the striking tradition of the giant kites of the...
At MAPI Café we present the exhibition “Archaeology of a floor: a selective look at some hydraulic tile floors” by Montevideo artist José Gómez Rifas, who is also a professor of Artistic Techniques and Drawing. He currently uses textile resources as...
As part of the celebration of the 300th anniversary of the founding of Montevideo and the 20th anniversary of MAPI, the exhibition “Mariano is Montevideo” is a tribute to the man who, from his position as Mayor of Montevideo, made possible the installation...
With the participation of: Antonio Augusto Bueno, Andrea Finkelstein, Mauricio Guridi, Gustavo Martínez, Marcos Medina, Rosina Peluffo, and Emilia Rovira. In the form of a triptych, like Giacomo Puccini’s Il trittico, Dante Alighieri’s Divine Comedy, or...
Drawing has often been considered a minor branch or genre of painting, or a preparatory instrument for it with little value in itself. Great artists have rectified that idea, making drawing an expression with a light of its own and unique values. Among others, let us...
