Collección de Arte Amalia Lacroze de Fortabat

Formidable private collection spanning six centuries

This museum overlooking the river in the Puerto Madero district of Buenos Aires is home to the private collection of the Argentine businesswoman María Amalia Lacroze de Fortabat (1921–2012). Completed in 2008, the modernist building was designed by the Uruguayan-born architect Rafael Viñoly and crafted in concrete, steel and glass. It features an innovative roof with aluminum awnings that automatically open and close to protect the artworks from sunlight, fulfilling the founder’s wish to let visitors experience art “under the stars.” The collection includes 240 artworks, significant holdings of Argentine art that trace the country’s artistic development across the 19th and 20th centuries, alongside pieces by international masters such as Pieter Brueghel II, Marc Chagall, Salvador Dalí, Gustav Klimt and Auguste Rodin, as well as objects from Egyptian and Greek antiquity. A standout highlight is the vibrant blue portrait of the museum’s founder by Andy Warhol. In addition to the display of its permanent collection, the museum regularly hosts temporary exhibitions, often spotlighting contemporary artists.

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