Art in the Subways of Buenos Aires

Public art in Buenos Aires was not limits to the walls and streets; it could also be seen on the walls of the city's subway or Subte.  Not every station is decorated, but well over half of the stations we visited over the course of three days of using the subway had murals built into the walls and sometimes the floors. The tile-work on many of the stairways was also impressive.

The Plaza Italia station  had a few tiled plaques on the floor and walls:

Floor decoration, Plaza Italia station on Buenos Aires Subte

Wall decoration, Plaza Italia station on Buenos Aires Subte

We saw these tiled murals in the Bulnes station

Tiled mural in Bulnes station on Buenos Aires Subte

Tiled mural in Bulnes station on Buenos Aires Subte

Tiled mural in Bulnes station on Buenos Aires Subte

Changing lines at the Diagonal Norte station, the corridors were lined with this nice tile:

Tile in corridor connecting two lines in Estacion Diagonal Norte, Buenos Aires Subte

This mural was on the wall of that station:

Mural in the Diagonal Norte Station,  Buenos Aires

And this one is in the Independencia station:

Mural in the Independencia Station,  Buenos Aires

We spotted this tile with an Arabic-looking line along the stairway into a station, I think the Independencia station:

My notes don't show which station had this mural, but I think it is the opposite side of the Independencia station from the mural pictured above.  Both were cityscapes of Spain.

This smaller design is in the Avenida de Mayo station:

Mural in Avenida de Mayo station, Buenos Aires Subte

 This black and white, cartoonish mural was sui generis:

Here is another variant on the entry corridor, at the San Juan station:

Stair case into San Juan station, Buenos Aires Subte

These are the murals in that station:

Tiled mural in San Juan station, Buenos Aires Subte

Tiled mural in San Juan station, Buenos Aires Subte

The last station we visited was Retiro.  I could not find any large murals, but there was a collection of smaller works, more like paintings, such as these:

Tiled picture in Retiro Station on the Buenos Aires Subte

Tiled picture in Retiro Station on the Buenos Aires Subte