Did you know that one of the great icons of world magic lived and shone in Argentina? If the name of the magician Fu Manchu is familiar to you, you can’t miss the exhibition of this Argentine and international magician, a reference of an era. Illusionist magician, discover his world and take a close look at his most hidden objects and secrets in this exhibition in Buenos Aires.
Fu Manchu, the illusionist and magician who made history in Argentina has his exhibition in a museum in Buenos Aires.
The exhibition “Fu Manchu. The greatest magic show”. Immerse yourself in the universe of David Bamberg, the man behind the character of Fu Manchu, through a selection of original objects, costumes, illusionist apparatus and theatrical scenery that marked his career.
This journey through the life of the magician and illusionist who marked the world of illusionism in Argentina is an immersive experience in the origins of the art of illusionism, an art that, in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, was a refuge and wonder for audiences eager to dream, in a world crossed by social and economic tensions. In a context where there were few possibilities for entertainment and access to culture was limited, magic shows offered a way of escape, to experience the extraordinary for little money.
Fu Manchu, the exhibition to know the magician who conquered Buenos Aires.
Born in England in 1904, David Bamberg inherited a long family tradition linked to illusionism, but it was in Argentina where he really became famous. Theatricality, humor and technical precision, this is how he built an unmistakable style that made him a figure that many generations of Argentines know and relate to magic.
Since July you will be able to immerse yourself in the world of illusionism and its backstage in this exhibition about the magician Fu Manchu at the Casa Fernández Blanco Museum in the neighborhood of Montserrat. Every object in the room, from the embroidered costumes to the trick boxes, tells a story of the impossible through magic during the Argentine Belle Epoque.
📍 Fernández Blanco House. Isaac Fernández Blanco Museum of Hispano-American Art. Hipólito Yrigoyen 1420
Mondays, Wednesdays, Thursdays and Fridays from 11 am to 7 pm. Saturdays, Sundays and holidays from 11 am to 8 pm. Tuesday closed
👉General public $10,000. Argentine and/or foreign residents (with ID): $2,000. Wednesday free of charge. Pensioners, university students. CUD, children under 12 years old, former combatants of Malvinas and groups of students from public schools free of charge.