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{{Short description|Art museum in Buenos Aires, Argentina}}
{{Infobox museum
 |name        = Latin American Art Museum<br> of Buenos Aires 
 |native_name = Museo de Arte Latinoamericano<br> de Buenos Aires (MALBA)
| logo = Museo malba logo.png
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 |image       = Buenos Aires - Palermo - Malba.jpg
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 |established   =  {{Start date|2001|09|20}}
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 |location    = [[Palermo, Buenos Aires]], Argentina
 |type        = [[Latin American art]] (20th century–present)
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 |collection  = Costantini Collection
 |director    = 
 | president   = [[Eduardo Costantini]]
 |curator     = Marcelo E. Pacheco 
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 |website     = {{URL|https://www.malba.org.ar/|malba.org.ar}}
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The '''Latin American Art Museum of Buenos Aires''' ({{langx|es|Museo de Arte Latinoamericano de Buenos Aires}}, mostly known for its acronym '''MALBA''') is an [[art museum]] located on [[Figueroa Alcorta Avenue]], in the [[Palermo, Buenos Aires|Palermo]] section of Buenos Aires.

==History==
Created by [[Argentina|Argentine]] businessman [[Eduardo Costantini]], the museum is operated by the [[not-for-profit]] ''Fundación MALBA{{spaced ndash}}Costantini'', and was inaugurated on September 21, 2001.<ref name="auto1">Clifford Krauss (20 November 2001), [https://www.nytimes.com/2001/11/20/arts/arts-abroad-20th-century-latin-american-art-finally-gets-a-home.html 20th-Century Latin American Art Finally Gets a Home] ''[[New York Times]]''.</ref> 

The institution was organized around the Costantini Collection, and has continued to expand its selection of works from modern artists across Latin America. It also maintains a cultural center, which stages art and film exhibitions and develops cultural activities. The museum receives over a million visitors annually, and is sustained by over 1,400 active patrons.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.lanacion.com.ar/723901-el-malba-crece |title=El Malba crece - 24.07.2005 - LA NACION |newspaper=Lanacion.com |date=24 July 2005 |author=Alicia de Arteaga |access-date=24 December 2016|language=es}}</ref>

The mission of the MALBA is to collect, preserve, research and promote [[Latin American art]] from the onset of the 20th century to the present. This involves educating the public about Latin American artists, and the diversity of cultural and artistic holdings in this region.

MALBA—PUERTOS, a satellite space in the town of Escobar opened in 2024.<ref>[https://artreview.com/rodrigo-moura-to-lead-malba/ Rodrigo Moura to lead MALBA] ''[[ArtReview]]'', 20 November 2024.</ref>

==Building==
The museum design was made through an open call contest; 450 proposals from 45 countries were presented.<ref>[http://www.bienalba.com Bienal Internacional de Buenos Aires]{{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161005015935/http://bienalba.com/|date=5 October 2016}} {{in lang|es}}</ref> The selection was made by an international jury of architects, and the first prize was awarded to three young Argentinian architects: Gaston Atelman, Martin Fourcade and Alfredo Tapia.{{citation needed|date=December 2016}} The building project was executed by AFT Architects, an Argentine architectural firm. In 1998, Costantini began construction on a large plot on [[Avenida Figueroa Alcorta]].<ref name="auto1"/> 

==Collection==
Among the collection's highlights is [[Frida Kahlo]]'s ''Autorretrato con chango y loro'' (1942), which in 1995 cost Costantini $3.2 million and which set the record price for Kahlo at the time. Other notable works in the collection include ''Abaporu'' (1928) by [[Tarsila do Amaral]], bought in 1995 for almost $1.5 million; ''Baile en Tehuantepec'' (1928) by [[Diego Rivera]], for which Costantini paid $15.7 million at [[Phillips (auctioneers)|Phillips]] in 2016;<ref name="auto"/> and ''La Grande Dame'' (The Cat Woman, 1951), a sculpture by [[Leonora Carrington]] purchased for $11.3 million in 2024.<ref name="auto">Mercedes Ezquiaga (29 November 2024), [https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2024/11/29/leonora-carrington-cat-woman-eduardo-costantini-adds-another-jewel-to-his-buenos-aires-museum With an $11m Leonora Carrington cat woman sculpture, Eduardo Costantini adds another jewel to his Buenos Aires museum] ''[[The Art Newspaper]]''.</ref>

==Directors==
* 2000–2002: Agustín Arteaga<ref name="auto1"/> 
* 2014–2018: Agustín Pérez Rubio
* 2019–2021: Gabriela Rangel
* 2024–present: Rodrigo Moura<ref name="auto"/>

==Gallery==
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File:Primera sala del Museo de Arte Latinoamericano de Buenos Aires.JPG|
File:Malba1.jpg| 
File:MALBA-interior-TM.jpg|
File:Torres Le Parc vistas desde la sala de comidas del Malba.JPG|
</gallery>

==References==
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==External links==
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* {{Official website}} {{in lang|es|en|pt}}
* [http://www.fotopedia.com/en/MALBA MALBA article on Fotopedia] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100501114557/http://www.fotopedia.com/en/MALBA|date=1 May 2010}}
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