We could consider the beginning of Argentine contemporary art during the decade of 1960s. The artistic movements were witnessing at that time a series of transformations linked to the search for new practices. Coinciding with similar experiences at the international level. The Center of Visual Arts of the Di Tella Institute was a place where this change was promoted.
The beginning of Argentine contemporary art
It was during the sixties that a very young Marta Minujín carried out her settings and happenings. In 1962 Antonio Berni was the first Argentinean honored at the Venice Biennale. With the International Grand Prize for Printmaking, for his collages and woodcuts. Within Argentine contemporary art, we can include a great number of artists who started in the '60s. Such as Julio Le Parc, Luis Felipe Noé, León Ferrari, Lucio Fontana, Liliana Porter, Victor Grippo, Margarita Paksa, Alejandro Puente among others.
The cultural environment suffered between 1976 and 1983 the repression and censorship of the last Argentinean military dictatorship. But in the '80s there was a revaluation of painting at a global level and Argentina was not an exception in this new wave of art. Names of prominent artists such as Marcos Lopez, Guillermo Kuitca, Alfredo Prior, Claudia Fontes, and many more burst in.
The last three decades
During the 1990s some institutions allowed these opportunities to extend beyond the city of Buenos Aires. The Fondo Nacional de las Artes and the Fundación Antorc

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