Museum of Contemporary Art of Rosario (macro)
Contemporary art museum in brightly painted former grain silos on the Paraná riverfront.
The museum occupies the Davis silos, a group of eight concrete grain cylinders about seven and a half metres across built for the port of Rosario in the early twentieth century to a project associated with the engineer and architect Ermete De Lorenzi. After the port moved south the structure stood empty until the city converted it into galleries, and the museum opened on 19 November 2004. The silos were painted in strong blocks of colour and have become a landmark on the river.
Exhibition floors are stacked one above another inside and beside the cylinders, giving a vertical route through seven levels reached by lift and stairs, with an esplanade outside used for sculpture. The museum forms one half of the municipal institution Castagnino+macro and holds a collection of Argentine contemporary art numbering several hundred works, including pieces by Lucio Fontana and Antonio Berni. Programmes change across all floors at once, and admission is free.
Highlights
- Eight former grain silos painted in blocks of colour
- Seven stacked exhibition floors reached by lift and stairs
- Collection of Argentine contemporary art, free to visit
- Riverside esplanade used for outdoor sculpture
