Malba (Museo de Arte Latino Americano de Buenos Aires), Argentina's most important art museum, will be led by a Brazilian: Rodrigo Moura, who spent the last five years at the helm of the Museo del Barrio, in New York. He has also worked at Masp (São Paulo) and at Instituto Inhotim (Minas Gerais). For Brazilians, Malba is best known as the home of "Abaporu", the iconic canvas by Tarsila do Amaral. Purchased by the museum's founder at auction, it has been at the Argentine museum since 2001, when it opened.
Speaking about the painting, Moura told Folha de S. Paulo that it is an important link between the artistic circuits of Brazil and Argentina. "The museum deserves greater global prominence, promoting Argentine and Latin American art (…). I hope to continue contributing to bringing the museum's work closer to what we are as an experience of society in Latin America", he told the newspaper. Until February 2025, Malba is also showing the installation Yo, vos y la luna, by Tunga (1952-2016), the Pernambuco-born artist regarded by the museum as "an essential protagonist of the Brazilian art scene of the late 20th century". The last exhibition devoted to the artist in Buenos Aires had taken place 25 years earlier. The work was transported by Clé Chenue do Brasil, which specialises in fine art logistics.
