FP

Fundación Proa

Buenos Aires, Argentina

Arts & CultureEducation
Operating foundation
Profile last updated: August 18, 2026

About

Fundación Proa is a foundation based in Buenos Aires, Argentina working on arts & culture, education.

Fundación Proa is a contemporary art centre in La Boca, Buenos Aires. It presents exhibitions, concerts, film cycles and talks, and publishes catalogues and books. Its activities include the research and training institute Instituto Proa, a research grants programme, a writing prize, the experimental space Proa21, a bookshop, an auditorium and a restaurant, serving the public in Buenos Aires and beyond.

Location

Buenos Aires, Argentina

Organisation type

Operating foundation

Focus areas

contemporary artexhibitionspublicationsresearch grantswriting prizeLa BocaBuenos Aires

Languages

ES

Causes & programmes

Causes

Arts & CultureEducation

How they work

Awareness & educationResearchGrant-making

Programmes

Programa de Becas de Investigación

Education

Research grants run by Instituto Proa, developed with UNSAM, to promote new readings of art transformations in the 1960s and 1970s, drawing on the Fundación Proa archive and exhibitions.

Premio Estímulo a la Escritura

Arts & Culture

Writing prize for writers aged 20 to 40 in the categories Narrativa, Narrativa Breve, Guión and Dramaturgia, with works in progress. Run with Fundación Bunge y Born and Diario La Nación.

Residencia de investigación situada

Arts & Culture

Research residency offering time, space and community for projects with artists, curators, researchers and institutions, a collaboration between AZOTEA.ARS, Instituto Proa and KBB.

Countries of operation

Argentina

Credentials & affiliations

Partnerships

Tenaris, Ternium, UNSAM, Fundación Bunge y Born, Diario La Nación, AZOTEA.ARS, KBB

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