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Santiago: Palacio Cousiño – grand living for a grand family
As with so much of society in South America, fashions in European culture and art set the tone in the 19th century. This very strong influence and orientation is seen just as much in Santiago as in other capitals of the continents on the Southern Hemisphere. The Palacio Cousiño is no exception. It was built [...]
Santiago: Museum of Pre-Columbian art
The Museo Chileno de Arte Precolombino is touted as one of the finest museums for Pre-Columbian art in the world. The heart of the collection comes from over 50 years of a passion for collecting beautiful artefacts of all pre-Columbian cultures by Sergio Larraín García-Moreno, a Chilean avant-gardist architect. The museum, a collaboration of his [...]
Santiago: Museo de la Moda
Applause for private initiative! This museum grew out of a son’s admiration for his mother’s sense of style and fashion. It probably also helped that the family’s business had to do with the textile industry. At any rate, the Museo de la Moda, established in 2006 by Jorge Yarur Bascuñan, is located in the former [...]
Santiago: Museo Ralli Latin American art
Hidden away in the exclusive Viracura neighborhood, on a quiet side street corner, is a sprawling red building with simple lines and wide stairs leading up to glass doors. Entering the light-filled lobby, I find I am the only visitor this winter morning. Friendly staff take my coat and invite me to take as many [...]
Santiago: Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes
The museum of fine arts – Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes – is housed in a magnificent palace dating back to 1910, reminiscent of the Petit Palais in Paris: ornate wrought-iron gates open onto a central hall, caryatid columns hold the filigree-boned ironwork central glass cuppola (imported from Belgium in 1907). Shiny black granite tiles [...]
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