New museum in Argentina honours Lola Mora, a pioneering female sculptor

Museum Honoring Sculptor Lola Mora Opens in Argentina

The Lola Mora Cultural Center, named for the pioneering Argentine sculptor, opened in early July in the vicinity of San Salvador de Jujuy in northwestern Argentina. Nestled in the Yungas forest, the museum features wide terraces overlooking the city. The institution’s collection houses six monumental works by Mora (1866–1936), an innovative artist who has grown to […]

Argentina Just Opened a Striking New Sculpture Museum at the Foot of the Andes

The newly opened Lola Mora Cultural Center in San Salvador de Jujuy is César Pelli’s last building—a poetic, self-powered museum celebrating one of Latin America's first great sculptors.

New museum in Argentina honours Lola Mora, a pioneering female sculptor

Immersed in nature, the sustainably designed Lola Mora Cultural Center in San Salvador de Jujuy celebrates the late artist and her practice

Six Lola Mora Sculptures Find a New Home in a Building Designed by the Late César Pelli

Rafael Pelli, Partner at Pelli Clarke & Partners, discusses his father's legacy, the monumental work of Lola Mora, and why San Salvador de Jujuy mattered so deeply to this project. Photo by Jason O'Rear for Pelli Clarke & Partners. For more than a hundred years, six monumental marble sculptures by pioneering Argentine sculptor Lola Mora […]