Fundación Proa

The architecture makes you feel ...in transition... But they don't embrace it. They don't take the risk that that embodiment recquires. I will guide you through a liminal space that addresses what is needed...

A truly remarkable cultural spot in Buenos Aires! The Proa Foundation is a beautiful space that perfectly blends contemporary art with its vibrant, artistic surroundings. The exhibitions are always thoughtfully curated, offering a mix of local and international artists that engage and inspire. The architecture of the building is stunning, providing a light-filled and spacious environment that enhances the art on display. I also loved the café and terrace, where you can take a break and enjoy beautiful views of the neighborhood. If you’re in Buenos Aires and appreciate contemporary art, the Proa Foundation is definitely a place to visit. A wonderful blend of culture, creativity, and design!

I visited this museum in November 2024 and was very excited to learn more about the native people of Argentina. Unfortunately, the English guide that you get to read on your phone was difficult to follow. At times I started reading descriptions of a different item and had to put more effort to orient myself in the room. You also get to follow the audio which is in English but I prefer reading. I think it is a great place with some important artefacts and lots of information but needs to improve in how to convey the information to English speaking tourists. There is also a terrace/balcony on the second floor. Once you pass the shop, you can use the toilet (they were clean when I visited) and then head upstairs to a café and the balcony or head downstairs to exit.

Ultimately a frustrating experience with the Inca museum since there were no english annotations, the provided audioguide via QR code only covered the first room, and the texts were clearly not relating to the exhibition in its present state.

I absolutely loved my visit to Fundación Proa. The currently show about contemporary artists from Argentina was fantastically curated, without being overwhelming. Afterwards, I checked out the bookstore and got a drink at the café with a nice view. I would definitely come back again!

It doesn’t really matter what’s on the exhibit, you can just go to Proa for Proa itself. The museum is a gorgeous renovation of an old building of La Boca, done with such taste and care that it blends elegantly and seamlessly with the historical port and bay. The interiors are beautifully carried out, with modern design while using traditional boat materials. The cherry is the restaurant: incredible food, amazing bread and the best view ever. Last but not least: not expensive at all.

Small museum in Boca. Interesting architecture and good location, a terrace on the top with a lovely view and cafe.

Didn’t pay for attending the show. But the view from the top floor is great where you can take a general look to la boca. The interior fitting out is very designing.

Fundacion PROA is an art museum in the Boca Distrct of Buenos Aires. Never mind the paintings. They are awful. This is still an utterly amazing place. * * * Why in the world would you go to a museum with awful paintings? Three very very good reasons. 1) The Boca District itself is even worse. Boca is known for its colorful artistic brightly painted houses made out of shipping containers. Colorful statues lean out the windows. In theory, this should be a beautiful place. But it has turned into the biggest tourist trap in Buenos Aires. The area is jam packed with tourists, And jam packed with sheep-shearing merchants out to fleece those tourists. Going to a museum gets you away from most of the tourists, Since most of them are there to see real Argentine tango, eat a real Argentine steak, and buy leather wallets embossed with the word "Argentina". Fundacion Proa is too intellectually demanding for what they want to do. 2) The bookstore at Fundacion Proa is one of my favorites in Buenos Aires. Argentina is the best city for serious bookstores anywhere in the world. Repeat. Anywhere in the WORLD. London can't compete. Paris can't compete. New York City can't compete. The books are all in Spanish - because - odd thing - Argentinians tend to speak and read Spanish. But they read serious works from everywhere on the planet, on every serious subject imaginable. This is not just university professors and nerdy types. High school kids hang out in bookstores, buy serious books and take then home to read. Teenaged girls looking at their phones will discuss which socioecological theory book they are going to take home. On books, I prefer social science, economics and history - notably Argentine history. Fundacion Proa is weak on those. But they have some of the most of the extraordinary art books I have seen - and at amazingly cheap prices. The art theory and the cultural criticism collections are second to none. The philosophy section is better than any I have seen outside of Argentina. I left Fundacion Proa with an extremely large format poetry and photography book that intelligently addressed questions of non-substantiality, death, linkages and parallel realities. There would have been nothing this sophisticated in the bookstore of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. 3) The cafe is one of the most beautiful rooms in Buenos Aires. The food is standard museum cafe food . Pleasant enough. The cafe is modern class and steel and features seemingly wrap-around light-filled air-filled views of the Great Harbor of Boca. Some of the expansiveness is illusory. Close examination will show that mirrors abound. But here you are surrounded with angular light, space expanding all across the city, the complex geographic forms of industrial Buenos Aires and an unlimited blue and white sky. The view is absolutely positively transfixing. And YES - you ARE supposed to spend all day in the cafe and just look at the view. The building was designed so that the terrace would be the piece de resistance. And a piece de resistance it really is. * * * You want the perfect place to connect with the beauty of the world, Far away from the chaos and crowds of the tourist armies? Far away from the slums and impending struggles of the villas miserias? Far away from the brutal real world which is Buenos Aires just beyond La Boca itself? * * * The terrace at Fundacion PROA is that last perfect abstract clear geometric space Before the surly disorder of Buenos Aires reasserts itself. Distill yourself in the transfiguration. Before they throw you out at seven, and you have to take a cab back to safety.

BA has lots of wonderful museums, but this was my favorite. It had a fun festive vibe. Unique, varied exhibits. Lovely balcony to take in beautiful views of La Boca.

Interesting modern art and a terrace with a beautiful view and chic café(you can also go to take a look for free). I would say the exhibitions are on the expensive side, especially for Latin America.

Best museum in Buenos Aires! Lovely view and great selection of independent publishers from Argentina.