Argentinian Land Art Pioneer Nicolás García Uriburu Dies at 79

Nicolás García Uriburu, the Argentinian artist known for pioneering environmental art, has died. His career was marked by significant recognition including the Gran Premio de Pintura Nacional in 1968 and the Fondo Nacional de las Artes' Premio a la Trayectoria in 2000. Uriburu gained international attention at the 1968 Venice Biennale by dyeing the canal with fluorescein, creating a bright green spectacle through microbial synthesis. He repeated this environmental intervention at New York's East River, Paris's Seine, and Buenos Aires's polluted Riachuelo to highlight water pollution. Beyond his artistic practice, Uriburu worked as a landscape architect and ecologist. Additional honors included first place at the 1975 Tokyo Biennial, the Premio Braque in 1993, and the Primer Premio Otium Ecología that same year. His death was reported by La Nacion.