Night at the Museum

Being the cheap basterds that we are, we decide to visit the Museo de Arte Lationamericano de Buenos Aires (MALBA) on Wednesday when entry is 5 pesos ($1.60) instead of 15 pesos ($4). We go for a nice stroll to the museum passing through Buenos Aires' version of Central Park. When we arrive at the museum, we take in the beauty of the outside of the building. After a couple of photos, we enter the building and are awed by the entry foyer. It's airy and filled with natural light. But wait...something is "off". I can't quite put my finger on it, but then the hubby says "I think they don't have electricity".

Ok, is it just me or do we seem to curse everyone in Buenos Aires? First, we totally screw the internet, electricity, and phone at the old apartment. Then we made our favorite waiter at our favorite restaurant drop a big plate of salad. And, now we managed to suck the electricity out of a whole museum? Wow, that's strong voodoo.

Well, we're all the way here...electricity or not, we're going in when it's 10 pesos less! This is the first time that we've ever gone through a museum in the dark. Some of the pieces like Antonio Berni's "Manifestacion" is haunting and devastatingly beautiful in the dark. Others, we just couldn't see. After we went through the museum once, the lights finally flicker back on. We go through the museum again with the lights on and we find that they have a pretty nice collection. Wow, we went through the museum twice...that's like only paying 2.5pesos for each trip. Whoo hoo, even better.