Image: National Museum of Fine Arts, Argentina, Buenos Aires
The National Museum of Fine Arts, Argentina, has highlighted a photograph by Pedro Luis Raota that connects Jorge Luis Borges, Buenos Aires and the literary history of the city. The museum presented the image in a social-media post published on August 22, 2026, as part of its ‘Work of the Day’ series.
Titled ‘Jorge Luis Borges en la casa de Evaristo Carriego’ (‘Jorge Luis Borges in the House of Evaristo Carriego’), the photograph depicts Borges at the former home associated with the Argentine poet Evaristo Carriego. According to the museum’s description, Raota constructs a scene in which Buenos Aires, memory and literature converge.
The image evokes a meeting between two significant figures in Argentine culture: Borges, one of the country’s most internationally recognised writers, and Carriego, whose life and work were closely associated with Buenos Aires. The museum’s post frames the photograph through that relationship rather than providing technical information about the work.
Raota’s composition is presented as an encounter between literary memory and place. The reference to Carriego’s house gives the image a specific Buenos Aires setting, while Borges’s presence links the location to the writer’s longstanding engagement with the city and its cultural mythology.
The National Museum of Fine Arts, Argentina, is based in Buenos Aires. The post identifies Raota as the photographer and names the work, but the available source does not provide its date, medium beyond its description as a photograph, collection status, display location or information about a related exhibition. It also does not announce an event or exhibition connected with the image.
