Anahí mural textil at Museo Hernández

Hernan César’s textile mural “Anahí, en el jardín de humo negro” is on view now at the Museo de Arte Popular José Hernández in Buenos Aires. (festivalesba.org) The museum listing describes the work as a mural textil, or textile mural, presented at the museum’s site on Avenida del Libertador 2373 in Palermo. (festivalesba.org) (buenosaires.gob.ar) According to Festivales BA, César developed the piece after a visit to the Museo de Arte Popular in early 2025, when the vegetation in the courtyard redirected a line of work he was already pursuing. (festivalesba.org) That earlier search centered on “the dialogue with flowers and gardens,” the museum program says, turning the patio into the trigger for this installation’s imagery. (festivalesba.org) The mural is being shown alongside the XXI Salón de Arte Textil en Pequeño y Mediano Formato, a museum program built around prizewinning and selected textile works. (festivalesba.org) (buenosaires.gob.ar) That salon emphasizes the range of contemporary textile practice, from traditional methods to experimental approaches, using organic, inorganic and synthetic materials. (festivalesba.org) (otrabuenosaires.com.ar) The setting matters because the Hernández museum is Buenos Aires’ public institution dedicated to collecting, researching and promoting Argentine popular art across textiles, silverwork, leather and wood. (buenosaires.gob.ar) This week’s broader culture guides folded the museum into the city’s late-April agenda, placing “Anahí” inside a larger run of exhibitions and public programming across Buenos Aires. (infobae.com) Visitors can find the museum at Av. del Libertador 2373; the city lists regular hours from 11 a.m., with Tuesday closure and May 1 listed among suspended visiting days. (buenosaires.gob.ar) At this show, the museum is framing textile art less as a flat object than as an environment shaped by material, texture and memory. “Anahí” starts with a courtyard walk and ends as a wall-sized garden. (festivalesba.org)