Xul Solar Museum

A couple of paintings by Xul Solar

Images from inside his apartment, exactly how he left it.

Interior shots of the museum.

About a week ago instead of one of our classes we went to various buildings around Buenos Aires. By far my favorite, and possibly even of all the buildings I have seen in the city, was the Xul Solar Musuem by Pablo Beitía. Solar was a local artist that went to Europe in the 20's and 30's and then returned to Buenos Aires and lived in apartment that was one of four units in one building. He always imagined turning the whole building into a musuem for local artists. After Xul died it was decided that they would do just that, except it is mainly just his work that is exhibited with a smaller space in front for exhibits of local artists. His apartment is still in tact, and we were allowed in it, which is quite a rarity. Our teacher joked that we were probably the only people in the country who were allowed to do this. We were able to meet the architect as well, he came and gave a tour of the space. It is always nice to have the architect tell you first hand exactly what they wanted to achieve with the spaces. I also really enjoyed Solar's artwork. Latin American art is an area I am lacking in with my history, so it was great to learn about an important local artist. He does mostly watercolor, and they were fairly small sizes, so you had to get right up to them. His work was pretty amazing.