Every time I look around there seems to be more and more art galleries in San Telmo, which simply adds to the overall number of art galleries in Buenos Aires. The other day I went into an art gallery on Defensa that is worth visiting: galería de arte mercedes giachetti. It’s at Defensa 718 and is located in a very nice older building.
It’s a nice art gallery to visit and, if you go, be sure to take the staircase up to the first floor where the works by the art gallery owner Mercedes Giachetti are on display. Even if you don’t like contemporary art, visiting the upper floor of the art gallery is a nice chance to see inside one of the older buildings on Defensa.
Currently, there is a very good exhibition by Elvira Cosentino that runs till June 3, whose works I found rather appealing.
I also noticed on Sunday that Defensa is now closed as far south as Garay. There’s a bit more activity on Sundays now taking place on the block of Defensa between Cochabamba and Garay with several shops having opened recently and there’s even a tapas bar, plus one or two more restaurants. And, on the same block, is another cool gallery whose name, unfortunately I don’t remember. (I’ll have to go back and take note of it). Gee, in another year, Defensa probably will be closed all the way past Parque Lezama.
Oh, and I was mentioning art….if you’re interested in art in Argentina and Latin America then you certainly should be reading Arte al Dia.
Okay, here ends this public service announcement and free advertising …. but, hey, I know a lot of visitors to my blog are looking for that kind of thing … art galleries in San Telmo… so there you go.
May 30th, 2007 at 2:25 pm
Is there something wrong with Robert’s blog? it’s not working, it hasn’t been working for days now. Did he changed the url?
May 30th, 2007 at 3:04 pm
Hi Gricelle…Hmmm, I see that it’s not working. (I usually just read it through an rss reader). He hasn’t changed the URL as far as I know. I do know that he is in Portugal now, so maybe he’s not aware of it. I’ll email him. Thanks. –jeff
May 31st, 2007 at 3:52 pm
I noticed about 2 or three more galleries in the San Telmo area from when I was here in March. Thanks for the info. Recently found your site as I have been down here for only about a week. I used almost the same exact expression (city of faded elegance) in a description to a friend the other day. Will check out th other blog
Thanks for the information
May 9th, 2011 at 4:46 pm
this is a must go if u are in BAs for the weekend. the main square has many little tents selling souvenirs and arts & craft. there are several streets that stretch out from the main square with vendors displaying their wares ranging from pressed glass bottles, magnets, handmade dolls, leather etc. it’s hard to leave without buying at least something. if you get thirsty, there are several bars along the way (eg : bar seddon – good pollo empanadas but service is really slow and sometimes tardy) or grab a juice from the mobile vendors. expect to spend at least 3 hours at the market or even more!
Josefina A. – hotels in San Telmo
March 1st, 2012 at 12:23 am
Hi I was in BA about 5 years ago and found this amazing art gallery in town where they had paintings from all sorts of artists they where hanging from the ceiling to the floor and it was in a small apartment in a pedestrian area. Can someone tell me where it is ? 🙂