Muses National de Bellas Artes

 I took a cab (1/2 hr) into Buenos Aires to join Hugh firstly at this museum. Many extraordinary paintings but surprisingly I did not see one British when you consider the British were responsible for much of the economic development around 1900. There was dramatic more modern paintings which I think depicted the “disappearances”.  There was also photos of soldiers who had served in the Malvinas (Falklands) war. 








 

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