Independent Collectors
MACBA – Museum of Contemporary Art of Buenos Aires
The Argentinian museum with a focus on international geometric art.
![JULIEN MASVERNAT, Untitled, from the series "Acoples visuales", 2012](/site/assets/files/24147/2023-06-10_18-13-18_macba-museum-of-contemporary-art-of-buenos-aires_bmw_art_guide_by_independent_collectors.640x0.jpg?v=1412257035 640w, /site/assets/files/24147/2023-06-10_18-13-18_macba-museum-of-contemporary-art-of-buenos-aires_bmw_art_guide_by_independent_collectors.jpg?v=448429370 1024w)
Located in the lively flea-market quarter of San Telmo in Buenos Aires you’ll find the MACBA – Argentina’s largest and most important collection of geometric abstraction.
Opened in 2012, MACBA is the private collection of Aldo Rubino. Rubino, who began collecting towards the end of the 1980s, has since gone on to form a collection that includes more than 250 works by artists such as Josef Albers, Donald Judd, Sol LeWitt, Sarah Morris, Olivier Mosset, R.H. Quaytman, James Turrell and Víctor Vasarely.
Focusing the collection solely on geometric abstraction from international artists, MACBA traces the artistic movements between locations and geographical differences, with the works spanning generations and continents.
Sprawling over 2 400 square meters, the museum, which was built by local architect duo Vila Sebastián, also boasts an impressive program of individual courses and workshops as well as their rotating exhibitions and educational programs.
Here, we present works from the private collection of Aldo Rubino in MACBA’s first online exhibition.
![ALEJANDRO PUENTE, Sistema, 1967](/site/assets/files/24151/2023-06-10_18-14-44_macba-museum-of-contemporary-art-of-buenos-aires_bmw_art_guide_by_independent_collectors.640x0.jpg 640w, /site/assets/files/24151/2023-06-10_18-14-44_macba-museum-of-contemporary-art-of-buenos-aires_bmw_art_guide_by_independent_collectors.jpg 1024w)
![SILVIA GURFEIN, Have You Fed The Fish Today..., 2007](/site/assets/files/24151/2023-06-10_18-14-45_macba-museum-of-contemporary-art-of-buenos-aires_bmw_art_guide_by_independent_collectors.640x0.jpg 640w, /site/assets/files/24151/2023-06-10_18-14-45_macba-museum-of-contemporary-art-of-buenos-aires_bmw_art_guide_by_independent_collectors.jpg 1024w)
![SARAH MORRIS, Sony (Los Angeles) 2004](/site/assets/files/24151/2023-06-10_18-16-44_macba-museum-of-contemporary-art-of-buenos-aires_bmw_art_guide_by_independent_collectors.640x0.jpg 640w, /site/assets/files/24151/2023-06-10_18-16-44_macba-museum-of-contemporary-art-of-buenos-aires_bmw_art_guide_by_independent_collectors.jpg 1024w)
![AVELLO, Untitled, from the series "Pollecelis"](/site/assets/files/24151/2023-06-10_18-14-45_macba-museum-of-contemporary-art-of-buenos-aires_bmw_art_guide_by_independent_collectors-1.640x0.jpg 640w, /site/assets/files/24151/2023-06-10_18-14-45_macba-museum-of-contemporary-art-of-buenos-aires_bmw_art_guide_by_independent_collectors-1.jpg 1024w)
![VALERIA CALVO, Serie Intersticios N°3, 2016](/site/assets/files/24151/2023-06-10_18-14-45_macba-museum-of-contemporary-art-of-buenos-aires_bmw_art_guide_by_independent_collectors-2.640x0.jpg 640w, /site/assets/files/24151/2023-06-10_18-14-45_macba-museum-of-contemporary-art-of-buenos-aires_bmw_art_guide_by_independent_collectors-2.jpg 1024w)
![SILVANA LACARRA, Solo II, 2001](/site/assets/files/24151/2023-06-10_18-14-45_macba-museum-of-contemporary-art-of-buenos-aires_bmw_art_guide_by_independent_collectors-3.640x0.jpg 640w, /site/assets/files/24151/2023-06-10_18-14-45_macba-museum-of-contemporary-art-of-buenos-aires_bmw_art_guide_by_independent_collectors-3.jpg 1024w)
![Study for Homage to the Square: Hard, Softer, Soft Edge (Estudio para el homenaje al cuadrado: Hard, Softer, Soft Edge), 1964](/site/assets/files/24151/2023-06-10_18-14-45_macba-museum-of-contemporary-art-of-buenos-aires_bmw_art_guide_by_independent_collectors-4.640x0.jpg 640w, /site/assets/files/24151/2023-06-10_18-14-45_macba-museum-of-contemporary-art-of-buenos-aires_bmw_art_guide_by_independent_collectors-4.jpg 1024w)
![KAZUYA SAKAI, Homenaje a Korin - Serie Nº 11 (Olas Rojas en Matsushima), 1976](/site/assets/files/24151/2023-06-10_18-14-46_macba-museum-of-contemporary-art-of-buenos-aires_bmw_art_guide_by_independent_collectors.640x0.jpg 640w, /site/assets/files/24151/2023-06-10_18-14-46_macba-museum-of-contemporary-art-of-buenos-aires_bmw_art_guide_by_independent_collectors.jpg 1024w)
![EDUARDO MAC ENTYRE, Mandala II en Rojo, 1969](/site/assets/files/24151/2023-06-10_18-14-46_macba-museum-of-contemporary-art-of-buenos-aires_bmw_art_guide_by_independent_collectors.640x0.png 640w, /site/assets/files/24151/2023-06-10_18-14-46_macba-museum-of-contemporary-art-of-buenos-aires_bmw_art_guide_by_independent_collectors.png 1024w)
![AMALIA PICA, Pesar en Abstracto (installation view). Photo: Pablo-Jantus](/site/assets/files/24151/2023-06-10_18-14-47_macba-museum-of-contemporary-art-of-buenos-aires_bmw_art_guide_by_independent_collectors.640x0.jpg 640w, /site/assets/files/24151/2023-06-10_18-14-47_macba-museum-of-contemporary-art-of-buenos-aires_bmw_art_guide_by_independent_collectors.jpg 1024w)
![PETER HALLEY, Isolation Confirmed (PHP 89-07), 1989 (installation view). Photo: Pablo Jantus](/site/assets/files/24151/2023-06-10_18-14-46_macba-museum-of-contemporary-art-of-buenos-aires_bmw_art_guide_by_independent_collectors-1.640x0.jpg 640w, /site/assets/files/24151/2023-06-10_18-14-46_macba-museum-of-contemporary-art-of-buenos-aires_bmw_art_guide_by_independent_collectors-1.jpg 1024w)
![DANIEL JOGLAR, Pesar en Abstracto (installation view). Photo: Pablo Jantus](/site/assets/files/24151/2023-06-10_18-14-46_macba-museum-of-contemporary-art-of-buenos-aires_bmw_art_guide_by_independent_collectors-2.640x0.jpg 640w, /site/assets/files/24151/2023-06-10_18-14-46_macba-museum-of-contemporary-art-of-buenos-aires_bmw_art_guide_by_independent_collectors-2.jpg 1024w)
![Installation view at "Global Exchange", MACBA](/site/assets/files/24151/2023-06-10_18-14-47_macba-museum-of-contemporary-art-of-buenos-aires_bmw_art_guide_by_independent_collectors-1.640x0.jpg 640w, /site/assets/files/24151/2023-06-10_18-14-47_macba-museum-of-contemporary-art-of-buenos-aires_bmw_art_guide_by_independent_collectors-1.jpg 1024w)
![Installation view of the ORLAN exhibition at MACBA. Photo: Pablo Jantus](/site/assets/files/24151/2023-06-10_18-14-47_macba-museum-of-contemporary-art-of-buenos-aires_bmw_art_guide_by_independent_collectors-2.640x0.jpg 640w, /site/assets/files/24151/2023-06-10_18-14-47_macba-museum-of-contemporary-art-of-buenos-aires_bmw_art_guide_by_independent_collectors-2.jpg 1024w)