Argentina Guide
The Litoral and the Gran Chaco
Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Rosario (MACRo)
Address: Parque Sunchales
www.macromuseo.org.ar
Opening time: Mon, Tues & Thurs– Sun: winter 2–8pm, summer 4–10pm
Amidst the verdant Parque Sunchales is an unmissable hulk of a building, looking like a row of upturned giant liquorice allsorts. Once a grain silo belonging to the Davis family, it has been turned into one of the country's most promising museums of contemporary art, the Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Rosario, or MACRo. The most striking aspects of the museum are its exterior, especially the huge silo cylinders painted in vibrant pink, purple and azure shades, and its riverside location – both the top-floor viewpoint and the Perspex lift-shaft leading to it offer fine views of the majestic Paraná. The exhibitions, mostly dedicated to up-and-coming local and national artists, have thus far been rather disappointing, drawing parallels with similar daring projects such as the Bilbao Guggenheim, but the museum is worth a visit alone for the building, location and excellent café/restaurant, Davis, where you can enjoy watching boats, barges and bits of vegetation float past. Price: $2