Contemporary Art/Other
Contemporary Art
The Museum of Contemporary Art (sorry no web site). In the municipal building/city hall, Plaza Regocijo, Cusco. They change exhibits about every month with exhibition space in two rooms in front and in the 1st and 2nd floor patios. The art work is for sale, just ask the official tending the exhibition entrance. Tourists must purchase Cusco's Boleto Turistico in order to visit this gallery.
Don Quixote Art Gallery (sorry, no web site). In a large house on San Augustin Street, Cusco, just a block away from Fractal Dragon on the parallel street. Like Fractal Dragon, this too is a private gallery offering art work for sale. There is a S/. 5 entrance fee, but they sometimes waive this fee (for the asking).
Cultural Agendas/Calendars
Cusco con Charlie Quispe. Provides links, addresses and contact information for just about ALL of the cultural and art organizations/businesses in Cusco!
There are other cultural calenders/agendas, but these two are the best available online.
AgendaCusco.com. Provides a calendar of events for Cusco (art, culture, sport, entertainment, ...) as well as articles on culture and events, a directory (much more complete than that above) of cultural centers, a photo gallery and other great stuff. They've recently upgraded their web site to a more modern look including reference to Facebook.
CuscoCulto.com. Provides a calendar of events for Cusco.
Study Art/Music
Apulaya - Center for Andean Music & Art. Workshops, courses and vacations of Andean music and Pre-Colombian art in the sacred valley of the Incas. Emerita, Valerio and Hanny are friends of ours and Emerita and Valerio are godparents of our daughter.
Art Shops
Del Hoyo Galleries. My friend Mauricio and his family have three shops in which they display Peruvian art based on aboriginal themes by his wife Mariana as well as original ceramic and woven art objects by various Peruvian artists.
If you are looking for an art souvenir, there are plenty of shops along the streets Triunfo, Hathunrumiyok and Cuesta San Blas leading up to the San Blas barrio of Cusco which sell more mass produced art and copies of art. Some of these art souvenirs are actually pretty good as they are also done by artists albeit 'scanners'.
Intermingled with these art shops you will also encounter the occasional art shop where the owner of the shop is also the artist and all of the art is original art work!
Life's an adventure.