Article 03, paisea 018. Beyond colours | Grace Mallea, Soledad Pinedo, Pietro Giannini and Luna Costantini.
The first artistic neighbourhoods, according to J.Rius, can be found when in a modern artistic context the urban environment becomes the centre of artistic creation […], emblematic cases include Montmartre and Montparnasse in Paris1.
In Latin America we can find two examples of realities which, as well as being “artistic neighbourhoods” in the urban, cultural and social sense, add a further dimension: the neighbourhoods themselves are the works of art being displayed. These places are the Museo a Cielo Abierto (“Museum Under the Sky”) in Valparaiso and Caminito in Buenos Aires.
Museo a Cielo Abierto (MACA), Bellavista Hill, Valparaíso (Chile) The MACA is made up of a series of 20 abstract murals designed by renowned artists, scattered around different areas on Bellavista Hill.
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