Arts & Culture in Patagonia

The Solstice at the End of the World

Every June, the Southern Hemisphere experiences its shortest day—an astronomical phenomenon that takes on a deeply mystical meaning in Tierra del Fuego There, in mythical Ushuaia, this event gives life to the Longest Night National Festival, a historic celebration...

A Decidedly Southern Seventh Art

People held their breath for a second that seemed to last a century, their pupils turned into winter suns, and an instant later the air was released along with the muffled sounds of thrills. That train had just crossed over...

The Carved Wood at El Bolsón

In 1998, the First National Encounter of Sculptors was held in El Bolsón, in the middle of Cerro Piltriquitrón. The idea had come from the imagination of Marcelo López, a year before: to give life to a part of the...

Patagonian Landscapes

A photographic exhibition of the End of the World A unique, surprising and accurate view. Photographers Alberto Cortés and Eduardo Frías, both from the city of Viedma, Province of Río Negro, open this exhibition as a first step...

Today we “listen to” the southern wind, the one that is born in the cold…

Despite its poor promotion, Patagonian music has had a great development and relevance in the culture of its people since its ancestral beginnings. We invite you to travel through those origins to the present day. Four men dance around a...

Ephemeral Art at the End of the World

Each winter at Ushuaia, the southernmost city in the world, a snow sculptures contest takes place. This is a form of art that has got many fans around the world, particularly in Canada, United States and Europe. Also called "ephemeral...