布宜诺斯艾利斯现代艺术博物馆
Buenos Aires Museum of Modern Art
布宜诺斯艾利斯 · 阿根廷
布宜诺斯艾利斯现代艺术博物馆诞生于一次由艺术与公共事业交汇而成的倡议。雕塑家兼外交官巴勃罗·库瑞特拉·马内斯与艺术评论家拉斐尔·斯奎鲁共同推动了它的建立；1956年4月11日，博物馆正式开放，斯奎鲁也成为首任馆长。它最初藏身于威特科姆画廊，后来迁入圣马丁文化中心，像一件仍在寻找自身位置的作品，逐步进入城市的文化生活。1986年，博物馆搬到圣特尔莫区原诺布莱萨·皮卡尔多烟草公司所在地，终于拥有了今天的落脚点。
这座博物馆的重要性，也在它不断更新而不忘来路的过程中显现。主楼经历了为期五年的翻修，耗资1500万美元，并于2010年12月23日重新向公众开放；未来的扩建计划还将把现有3000平方米的空间扩大四倍，并吸收位于阿道夫·艾西娜街963号的图书馆和档案馆附楼。如今，它收藏6000多件作品，既保存艺术，也保存一座城市让现代艺术拥有公共空间的决心。
The Buenos Aires Museum of Modern Art began as an initiative where artistic ambition met public purpose. Sculptor and diplomat Pablo Curatella Manes and art critic Rafael Squirru helped bring it into being, and the museum opened on April 11, 1956, with Squirru serving as its first director. It first occupied Buenos Aires’ Witcomb Gallery, then was housed in the San Martín Cultural Center. In 1986, it moved to its present home in San Telmo, a former Nobleza Piccardo tobacconist, giving the young institution a more lasting place in the city.
Its importance also lies in the way it has renewed itself without losing its beginnings. After a five-year, 15 million-dollar renovation, the main building reopened to the public on December 23, 2010. Future plans call for an addition that would quadruple its existing 3,000 m² of space and absorb the library and archives annex at 963 Adolfo Alsina Street. With more than 6,000 works, the museum has become not only a place for modern art, but also a record of the city’s determination to give that art a public home.
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