Buenos Aires Surfaces as the Art Capital of the World

West Hollywood, CA (PRWEB) June 22, 2010

Buenos Aires is in the midst of a highly-charged historical “cultural arts Renaissance” which has been years in the making. On May 24, 2010, over three million people converged on Avenida 9 de Julio to celebrate the 200th bicentennial of the city and the gala re-opening of the famed Colon Opera House, which had been closed for four years during a complete and costly renovation. Not since Evita Peron’s fable funeral in 1952 have such large crowds gathered in the streets of Buenos Aires for a single cultural event.

To those art aficionados who have their fingers on the pulse of global art scenes, this kind of outpouring in Argentina for such a pomp and circumstance event comes as no surprise whatsoever.

Make no mistake about it, the evidence has been mounting and well-chronicled for some time concerning Buenos Aires’ cultural revival! Numerous events in the city over the past several years have been confirming this important development all along. Whether by divine design or happenstance, a series of events, experiences and efforts have been taking place in the capital of Argentina.

It is as if co-ordinated cultural formulas for success have been achieved on all fronts in a timely order. To simplify a rather dynamic overview, one could argue that the new surge began about four years ago when the Colon Opera House closed its doors.

Since that time, orchestrated by efforts of several government agencies, foundations for the arts, and world-wide developments, a revival of cultural interests and expressions has mushroomed in Buenos Aires and has been opening doors to this new era. It stands to reason that the Colon, with new state-of-the-art

enhancements, is perhaps the premier opera venue on the earth.

The influence of world affairs seems to have played perfectly into Buenos Aires

Buenos Aires Surfaces as the Art Capital of the World