Image: National Museum of Fine Arts, Argentina, Buenos Aires
On September 6, 2026, the National Museum of Fine Arts selected Luis Felipe Noé’s 1963 ‘Cuadro de la timidez’ for its #LaObraDelDía post, identifying the work as an exploration of the possibilities of New Figuration.
The museum’s brief account situates Noé within that movement, which renewed Argentine painting in the 1960s. Rather than offering a broader survey of the artist, the post centres on this specific work and the materials named in its construction.
Oil, wood, collage and paper are integrated in ‘Cuadro de la timidez’. The museum presents that mixed-material approach as a means of breaking with traditional art, making the work’s material makeup the central detail of its daily spotlight.
