Culture: Argentina

For information about cultural resources on Argentina at the Library of Congress, consult its online catalog (http://catalog.loc.gov). For additional materials at the Library of Congress, consult the Hispanic Reading Room, Performing Arts Reading Room, Motion Picture & Television Reading Room, and American Folklife Center.

The most important source for bibliography of books and articles concerning Argentina is the annual Handbook of Latin American Studies (http://lcweb2.loc.gov/hlas/) produced by over 160 contributing editors under the editorship of the Hispanic Division of the Library of Congress. Additional coverage of journal articles can be found through a subscription to the Hispanic American Periodical Index (http://hapi.gseis.ucla.edu/). Both the Handbook and HAPI are available in selected libraries in book form.

One of the major aggregators for links to a wide variety of subjects relating to regional resources for Latin America is the University of Texas' LANIC and the link for Argentina is (http://lanic.utexas.edu/la/argentina/).

ARTE ARGENTINO, GALERIA VIRTUAL DE OBRAS ARGENTINAS (http://artea.com.ar)
This website offers links to a variety of Argentine artists and their artwork. In Spanish and English.

ARTE Y ARQUITECTURA EN LINEA (http://www.arqa.com/)
Site dedicated to drafting, architecture and construction. In Spanish.

ARTEARGENTINO.COM (http://www.arteargentino.com/)
Provides biographies, with personal pages, of Argentine artists, virtual pages and expositions. They also provide a "Linkoteca" of over 6,000 links to Argentine art, culture, tourism and geography. In Spanish.

ARTESUR (http://www.artesur.com)
In Spanish and in English. Art portal and Community, including visual arts, music, literature, crafts, antiques, architecture, installations, international artist database, searchs, events, news.

FUNDACION ESPIGAS (http://www.espigas.org.ar)
The Foundation seeks to preserve, maintain, classify and file varied documentation on the history of visual arts in Argentina, Argentine art in the world and international art related to Argentina. In Spanish and English.

SELECTIONS FROM THE LATIN AMERICAN COLLECTION OF THE JACK S. BLANTON MUSEUM OF ART (http://www.lanic.utexas.edu/project/huntington/art%5Findex.html)
1700 art works of Latin American artists are grouped according to the nationality and alphabetically by artists' name.

TEATRO COLON [BUENOS AIRES] (http://www.colon.org.ar)
This site provides information as to the activities, productions, calendar, library, biographies of persons in the administration, a virtual tour and a history of the Colón Opera House in Buenos Aires. In Spanish.