In its creation in late 1996, seven prestigious tertiary and higher institutions of art -the National Conservatory Superior of Music "Carlos Lopez Buchardo", the National School of Fine Arts "Prilidiano Pueyrredón", the School of Fine Arts of the Nation "Ernesto de la Cárcova", the National Institute Superior of Ceramics, the National School of Dramatic Art "Antonio Cunill Cabanellas" Superior National Dance Institute and the Superior National Institute of folklore-joined to give life to what was then He called the National Institute of Art.
Its creation meant the realization of a long-delayed project whose criterion was to transform college art education dependent Nation based in the City of Buenos Aires. The birth of IUNA not only meant the adaptation of old tertiary courses to make that leap to university status, but also involved the development of new areas and runs to account for emerging languages or marginalized activities until college education . In 2014, recognizing the diversity disciplinary converging IUNA and growth during the first eighteen years, Congress changed its name to National Law University of the Arts. Today at the National University of Arts coexist Transdepartamental Area Folklore and the Departments of Music and Sonic Arts, Visual Arts, Performing Arts, Arts Movement, whose history dates back to the middle or even early last century, with the most recent: Department of Audiovisual Arts and Transdepartamentales Teacher Training Areas of Multimedia Arts and Arts Review.