Congratulations! You’re reading these recommendations, which is a telltale sign that you’ve managed to make it through to the weekend.
It’s been… a week. We’ve all grown about three years older over here at The Herald thanks to stress, and we’ve got the crow’s feet to prove it. Although someone did bring in birthday cake to the Herald’s office, which gave us an extra few months back.
We’re all so very ready for the weekend, and we know you are too. Whether you’re craving an open-air market, or some art shows that will mess with your mind, we’ve got the reccs to help you forget that Monday is only three days away.
Plástica digital, de Parratoro
Open for viewings Thursdays through Saturdays in August — Noon to 6 p.m.
Roseti 93
Plástica digital is a new Artlab exhibit from Parratoro that combines kinetic and digital arts to reinterpret the abstraction and movement of the digital era.
The show plays with dimensions, geometric features, and optical ripples, and it involves viewer participation — combining both the perception and movement of the spectator with the exhibit’s own movement.
Exhibit runs until November 4
Malba is open Thursdays to Mondays from Noon to 8 p.m., Wednesdays from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m.
Malba (Av. Pres. Figueroa Alcorta 3415) Gallery 5, Level 2
General admission is AR$7000 and can be purchased online
And because there’s no such thing as too much art, Malba has an exhibition dedicated to Argentinian artist Gyula Kosice to honor a hundred years since his birthday.
The exhibition includes about 75 pieces produced between 1950 and 1980, and showcases his post-war modernism work. It features his installation “The Hydrospatial City,” a floating city made up of 18 independent parts.
Saturday 3 — 11:30 p.m.
Strummer Bar (Godoy Cruz 1631)
Tickets start at AR$7000 and can be purchased online
This show is our wild card pick of the week — you’re either going to love it (I have a friend who has seen them multiple times, and held his birthday party at their concert), or be plunged into a deep existential crisis about the trajectory of humanity. It could really go either way.
Los Ramonos are a Ramones cover band who, you guessed it, wear monkey masks during the show. Ok, even if you didn’t guess it, you’ll probably be able to imagine their 70s attire of leather jackets, shag haircuts, and nonchalant attitudes. Argentina prides itself of being the Ramones’ greatest audience (they played here more than 20 times, including their farewell concert Adios Amigos in a packed River Plate stadium in 1996) and Los Ramonos are a good illustration of that bond.
Come for the novelty, stay for the genuinely impressive ability to perform an entire show singing through monkey masks.
Saturday 3 and Sunday 4 — 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Parque Rivadavia, access at Avenida Rivadavia 4800
Free entry
Dust away the late night cobwebs with a trip to the Buenos Aires Market, which makes an appearance this week in Caballito’s Rivadavia Park. Whether your food of choice is paella or hamburgers, ice cream or arepas, you’ll have more than 45 vendors to choose from.
Products ranging from cheeses to jams, to baked goods, to artisanal chocolates will be sold in the market.
While you’re in Rivadavia Park, make sure to check out their other markets as well — they have two permanent fairs on Sundays. One of which sells mostly used books, records, CDs, magazines, and the like. And the other features all kinds of old and collectable toys.
We’ll even let you count the steps you’ll get walking from vendor to vendor as exercise, after all it’s the weekend.