Continente oscuro: Feminidad y disidencia en el surrealismo argentino en MACBA
The Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Buenos Aires (MACBA) presents "Continente oscuro. Feminidad y disidencia en el surrealismo argentino," curated by Leandro Martínez Depietri. The exhibition, open until August 2, 2026, explores how women, femininities, and dissidents have appropriated surrealist strategies to question authority, desire, the body, and the collective. It spans from the 1940s to the present, linking modern and contemporary artists. The title references Sigmund Freud's term for female sexuality, reimagined as a site of radical critique. The show is organized into sections: "Formas sumergidas" (submerged forms), "Mitos latentes" (latent myths), "Extrañeza familiar" (uncanny familiarity), "Mundo cruel" (cruel world), and "Deseo y abyección" (desire and abjection). It includes works by over 50 artists, such as Dignora Pastorello, Raquel Forner, Narcisa Hirsch, and Verónica Gómez. The exhibition positions surrealism as an ongoing ideological critique against algorithmic thought and new authoritarianisms.
Key facts
- Exhibition at MACBA, Buenos Aires, curated by Leandro Martínez Depietri
- Open until August 2, 2026
- Explores surrealism through women, femininities, and dissidents in Argentina
- Spans from the 1940s to the present
- Title references Freud's 'dark continent' for female sexuality
- Five thematic sections: Formas sumergidas, Mitos latentes, Extrañeza familiar, Mundo cruel, Deseo y abyección
- Includes over 50 artists, among them Dignora Pastorello, Raquel Forner, Narcisa Hirsch, Verónica Gómez
- Argues surrealism remains a vital critique against algorithmic thought and authoritarianism
Entities
Artists
- Alda María Armagni
- Josefina Auslender
- Elba Bairon
- Florencia Bohtlingk
- Silvia Brewda
- Mildred Burton
- Juana Butler
- Aída Carballo
- Laura Códega
- Nicola Costantino
- Nora Correas
- Yente (Eugenia Crenovich)
- Clara Esborraz
- Sofía Finkel
- Raquel Forner
- Magda Frank
- Lucía Franco
- Verónica Gómez
- Emilia Gutiérrez
- Rebeca Guitelzon
- Mónica Heller
- Narcisa Hirsch
- Renata Juncadella
- Fernanda Laguna
- Josefina Labourt
- Jimena Losada
- Lea Lublin
- Mariette Lydis
- Florencia Marrapodi
- Trinidad Metz Brea
- Ad Minolitti
- Ana María Moncalvo
- Lola Orge Benech
- Marie Orensanz
- Catalina Oz
- Lucía Pacenza
- Liliana Parra
- Alicia Penalba
- Alejandra Pizarnik
- Ornella Pocceti
- Liliana Porter
- Dignora Pastorello
- Valentina Quintero
- Rosa Revsin
- Florencia Rodríguez Giles
- Sonia Ruiz
- Graciela Sacco
- Cristina Schiavi
- Grete Stern
- Mariana Tellería
- Leonor Vassena
- Vilma Villaverde
- Martha Zuik
- Leandro Martínez Depietri
- Juan Batlle Planas
- Aldo Pellegrini
- Sigmund Freud
- Alfonsina Storni
- Wolfgang Paalen
- Eva Sulzer
- Alice Rahon
- Ruth Bernhard
- Georges Bataille
- Martínez García
Institutions
- Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Buenos Aires (MACBA)
- Instituto Di Tella
- Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes (Argentina)
- Fundación Forner-Bigatti
- Galería Calvaresi
- Galería La Pipa
- Artishock Revista
Locations
- Buenos Aires
- Argentina
- San Telmo
- CABA
- París
- Francia
- Londres
- Reino Unido
- Nueva York
- Estados Unidos
- América
- Pacífico