{"id":6925,"date":"2023-01-29T15:14:56","date_gmt":"2023-01-29T20:14:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.criplomats.com\/?p=6925"},"modified":"2023-01-29T15:25:58","modified_gmt":"2023-01-29T20:25:58","slug":"artsy-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.criplomats.com\/?p=6925","title":{"rendered":"Artsy week"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

I finished \u201cSelf-Made Worlds\u201d by Mark Sloan and Roger Manley – it\u2019s mostly a \u201dpicture book\u201d about self-made artists who have constructed odd environments in which to live. It was fascinating, and spurred me to return to the local flea market to see if Tony Valiente was there – and he was! He\u2019s quite the character, and I walked out with a small clock sculpture and felt a bit more enriched for our visit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Tony strikes a pose<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The small clock sculpture (hard to understand from this view)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Before the flea market, I walked around a street fair (lots of them around the city each weekend) at Plaza Serrano that was nice. And I got a hair cut yesterday morning – there\u2019s a salon that specializes in curly hair where I\u2019ve had my hair cut before – hoorah!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Walls all over are decorated with images from the World Cup (Plaza Serrano)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The Embassy got an art refresh last week and now we have some fun limited edition prints (Jeff Koons, for one), original paintings, and photos of prior Presidents and First Ladies. (They used the term \u201crefresh\u201d but I\u2019m not sure the 1970s-era Broadway posters that were hanging up (no kidding) counted as art in the first place!) The curator came to Buenos Aires to hang the collection, and John arranged for him to do a talk for Embassy employees about it – very interesting! Bonus: everything was donated through a special program, so no cost to U.S. taxpayers. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Last night we were invited to Bosch Palace to celebrate the wedding anniversary of the Ambassador and his wife – it was quite the epic party. Aside from the lovely jazz combo, they brought in an 18-year-old (whose name I didn\u2019t catch) but who sang (partially) in falsetto – kind of amazing. Then we moved outside where they had set up a dance floor and we got to see a short performance by an Argentine dance\/drum group called Malevo – I really enjoyed it – it was kind of like River Dance, South America style. Check out this short video<\/a>. They were on \u201cAmerica\u2019s Got Talent\u201d a few years ago and are heading to the U.S. this week to start a tour.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This morning we got on our bikes and headed to the EcoReserva – another beautiful day and we really enjoyed being outside. Here are some photos:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cTower of the English\u201d as it was know before the dust-up in the Malvinas (aka The Falklands); now it\u2019s just \u201cMonumental Tower.\u201d<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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Along the canal<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Storks!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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\u201dFloralis Gen\u00e9rica\u201d Huge mobile sculpture that is supposed to open in the morning and close at night (not sure it still does) – we can see it from our apartment.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

And I\u2019ll leave you with your weekly dose of cuteness from Flavia!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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