[J.] The weather in Buenos Aires greeted us with clouds and rain and it remained to do so for the last two weeks. That's the kind of weather where you either cosy up at home on the couch, having rich and comforting food and watch one movie after the other. Or alternatively, you visit a museum. The latter was our choice for this Sunday while the clouds were hanging thick and low over the city.
The Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes is located in Recoleta, a barrio (neighbourhood) of Buenos Aires of "great historical and architectural interest, mostly because of the Recoleta Cemetery" as per Wikipedia. The museum does not charge any entry fees, features an international collection of paintings from the Middle Ages up to the 20th century, and contains a collection of paintings by some of the 20th-century Argentine painters.
We had a stroll around the various halls of the exhibition for about an hour. The paintings and sculptures and art presented in this exhibition are interesting and I really liked the high ceilings and interior design of the museums itself, but overall I would not say it is one of the better art collections shown here. In my opinion, the exhibition lacks a more precise guiding theme and more detailed explanation. The titles and explanations are sometimes only in Spanish, something that might be considered acceptable but not what I expected of an national museum located in the capital of this country. In addition, it presents paintings of international artists from France, Germany and so on, without explaining why they are considered important for Argentinian art. Overall, the guiding theme was not as present as I would have wished for such a museum.
Anyway, with more time on our hands than expected after visiting this museum, we decided to further walk towards the famous Recoleta Cemetery.
And it really did not fail to impress us, I have never seen such a beautiful cemetery before. According to Wikipedia, this cemetery "contains the graves of notable people, including Eva Peron, presidents of Argentina, Nobel Prize winners, the founder of the Argentine Navy, and a granddaughter of Napoleon. [...] In 2013, CNN listed it among the 10 most beautiful cemeteries in the world." Due to the rain, the cemetery had quite a depressing atmosphere to it, I really would have wished for the sun to come out showing a nice blue sky. On the other hand, one might argue that a miserable, dismally, rainy day can be considered very suitable for a cemetery visit (something, I strongly disagree with).
The Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes is located in Recoleta, a barrio (neighbourhood) of Buenos Aires of "great historical and architectural interest, mostly because of the Recoleta Cemetery" as per Wikipedia. The museum does not charge any entry fees, features an international collection of paintings from the Middle Ages up to the 20th century, and contains a collection of paintings by some of the 20th-century Argentine painters.
We had a stroll around the various halls of the exhibition for about an hour. The paintings and sculptures and art presented in this exhibition are interesting and I really liked the high ceilings and interior design of the museums itself, but overall I would not say it is one of the better art collections shown here. In my opinion, the exhibition lacks a more precise guiding theme and more detailed explanation. The titles and explanations are sometimes only in Spanish, something that might be considered acceptable but not what I expected of an national museum located in the capital of this country. In addition, it presents paintings of international artists from France, Germany and so on, without explaining why they are considered important for Argentinian art. Overall, the guiding theme was not as present as I would have wished for such a museum.
Anyway, with more time on our hands than expected after visiting this museum, we decided to further walk towards the famous Recoleta Cemetery.And it really did not fail to impress us, I have never seen such a beautiful cemetery before. According to Wikipedia, this cemetery "contains the graves of notable people, including Eva Peron, presidents of Argentina, Nobel Prize winners, the founder of the Argentine Navy, and a granddaughter of Napoleon. [...] In 2013, CNN listed it among the 10 most beautiful cemeteries in the world." Due to the rain, the cemetery had quite a depressing atmosphere to it, I really would have wished for the sun to come out showing a nice blue sky. On the other hand, one might argue that a miserable, dismally, rainy day can be considered very suitable for a cemetery visit (something, I strongly disagree with).
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