The museum’s masterpieces—by artists such as Frida Kahlo, Diego Rivera, Tarsila do Amaral, Xul Solar, Joaquín Torres García, Emilio Pettoruti, Wifredo Lam, Roberto Matta, Maria Martins, Remedios Varo, Antonio Berni, and Jorge de la Vega, among others—are presented alongside the major acquisitions made by Costantini in recent years. Many of these works are being shown publicly here for the first time after remaining outside the international circuit for several decades.
The exhibition features key works of Latin American modernity, including Autorretrato con chango y loro (1942) by Frida Kahlo, Armonía (Autorretrato sugerente) (1956) by Remedios Varo, Abaporu (1928) by Tarsila do Amaral, Baile en Tehuantepec (1928) by Diego Rivera, Omi Obini (1943) by Wifredo Lam, Las distracciones de Dagoberto (1945) by Leonora Carrington, Tocadora de banjo (1925) by Victor Brecheret, Autorretrato (1951) by Alice Rahon, and Cobra grande (1943) by Maria Martins.
Curated by María Amalia García—Chief Curator at Malba—Third Eye unfolds across the museum’s first floor and is organized into two major conceptual sections: Inhabiting and Transforming. These axes resonate with some of today’s most pressing concerns, such as planetary sustainability, social demands, and diverse modes of subjectivity and self-representation. They offer points of entry that combine thematic, formal, and material approaches, tracing the trajectories of Latin American artistic movements.
The exhibition title, Third Eye, derives from Kahlo’s Diego y yo (1949), which was part of this exhibition until March 2024. It evokes the couple’s passionate and tumultuous bond while also alluding to the intuitive and discerning vision involved in building a collection.
In the Press
La Frida del récord inspira con su intuición una muestra transformadora en Malba
Por Celina Chatruc
LaNacion.com. 23/08/2022
Eduardo Costantini, entre el olfato y las tentaciones
Por March Mazzei
Clarin.com. 02/09/2022
Latinoamérica, ojo avizor
Por Mercedes Pérez Bergliaffa
Clarin.com. 02/09/2022
Como un surfer de las crisis
Por Ana Maria Battistozzi
Clarin.com. 02/09/2022
El cuadro récord de Frida Kahlo resalta en la nueva mega muestra del Malba
Por Juan Batalla
Infobae.com. 25/08/2022
El aura de Frida guía la nueva gran expo del Malba
Por March Mazzei
Clarín. 24/08/2022
El coleccionista argentino Eduardo Costantini: “Frida logra que los espectadores entren en comunión con su vida”
Por Mar Centenera
Elpais.com. 10/09/2022
El magnetismo de Frida Kahlo, duplicado, copa la nueva muestra permanente del Malba
Por Mercedes Ezquiaga
Télam. 24/08/2022
Tres lágrimas evocadoras
Por Laura Isola
Perfil.com. 04/09/2022
«Diego y yo»
El cuadro de Frida Kahlo más caro de arte latinoamericano ya se exhibe en el Malba
Pagina12.com.ar. 25/08/2022
Muchos cuadros dentro de un cuadro: llegó al Malba la obra de Leonora Carrington
Por María Paula Zacharías
La Nación. 15/08/2024
