Gallery sights in Lima
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Museo de Arte de Lima
Known locally as MALI, Lima’s principal fine art museum is housed in a striking beaux arts building that, in 2009, underwent an extensive interior renovation. (The museum is scheduled to reopen sometime in 2010.) Until the reopening, small exhibits of objects from the excellent permanent collection – which includes pre-Columbian artifacts, colonial furniture and cutting-edge installation art by contemporary artists – can be found at Casa Wiese (Carabaya 501; [hrs] 10am-8pm Tue-Sun), a temporary exhibit space in Central Lima run by a local cultural foundation.
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Museo de Arte Italiano
Just north of MALI, the Museo de Arte Italiano exhibits a tepid collection of 19th- and 20th-century Italian academic art. Its best attribute is the glittering Venetian mosaics on the exterior walls.
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Casa de Riva Aguero
Toward the center of downtown, casona Casa de Riva-Aguero houses a small, insipid folk-art collection.
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