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Santiago Unbound
December 21, 2011
The capital of Chile is a gloriously crazy quilt of 16th-century architecture, American-style progress and old-school British refinement
History, art and cultures overlap and coexist in the most delightful ways in Santiago. The neoclassical Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes features works by Chilean and European artists. (Photos by Javier Pierini) Ride the funicular up San Cristóbal Hill, home of the Inmaculada Concepción Sanctuary, for spectacular views of the city. The Virgen de la Inmaculada Concepción sits atop San Cristóbal Hill. An outdoor cafe in the Lastarria-Santa Lucía neighborhood. The glass roof of the Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes shines in Parque Forestal. The Museo de la Moda features an exhaustive fashion collection — more than 10,000 pieces, from 16th-century frocks to 1980s bathing suits — in the family home of a Chilean textile tycoon. Galería Patricia Ready is a magnet for collectors in the market for work by well-established and emerging Chilean talent, as well as the occasional foreign artist. Specially commissioned works decorate the Gabriela Mistral Cultural Center, including this roof, “Volantin,” a stained-glass artwork by Juan Bernal Ponce.
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