Category: Events
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Olga de Amaral at Sotheby’s
One of Colombía’s best known artists is Olga de Amaral. She recently just had a major exhibition at the MAMBO (Museum of Modern Art – Bogota) along with her husband Jim Amaral and Ricardo Cárdenas in an exhibition curated by Eduardo Serrano. She is an artist who has dedicated herself mainly to the textile arts, becoming […]
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ArtBo Weekend Edition!
Well… the weekend is coming up and if you are looking for something artsy and cultural to do you can sign up for the ArtBo Weekend edition and get free transport to and from this special ArtBo event. As many will know ArtBo is an international arts event held each year around October and presented […]
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Marcos Ávila Forero – Venice Art Biennal 2017
In Colombia 2017 is the “Year of France” so what better than to present a quick update on the work of a French Colombian. Marcos Avila Forero was born in Paris in 1983 and lives and works between there and Bogotá. In 2012 he won the Prix Découverte des Amis du Palais de Tokyo 2012 and now he is taking part […]
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Bogota Auctions: Colombian and Latin American Modern & Contemporary Art
Bogota Auctions is the principal if not only auction house in Bogota, Colombia dealing in contemporary, modern and antique artworks. On Tuesday 5th March 2017 they will hold their latest art auction with over 70 lots. Their latest catalogue of colombian and latin american artworks includes well known modern artists such as Edgar Negret, Omar Rayo, […]
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Art Week Miami – December 2016
A number of art event at Art Week Miami present artworks of several well-known Colombian artists, some of which are noted below. For most fairs their last day of opening is tomorrow 4th December 2016. Art Miami Durban Segnini present artwork by artists Carlos Rojas and Ramirez Villamizar and the Mexican gallery Pablo Goebel has excellent […]
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Bernardo Ortiz at Art Basel Miami
As part of the Salon talks at Art Basel Miami the Colombian artist gave a presentation on “Low Resolution Stories” whereby information can be transformed and a new story created by the interpretation of images based on low resolution… almost like a game of visual chinese whispers…! One example he gave was of the story […]
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Art Basel Miami 2016
This year’s Art Basel Miami 2016 is an art fair that features 269 prominent galleries from North America, Europe, Latin America, Asia and Africa, exhibiting works of more than 2,000 artists from the 20th and 21st centuries. It’s reapplication rate of 98% shows the importance of this art fair to the galleries that participate which […]
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MAMBO: “Mutinous- Mother Earth”
“The symptoms of the present society allow us to understand that we are in a moment of global crisis, we live in a sick society. Modernity left us with legacy rooted verbs like: conquer, progress, change, build, replace, transgress, destroy, exterminate, lie, consume, lack, need among many other actions that are rooted in the […]
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Colombia in Scotland
Three well known Colombian artists are participating in the Edinburgh Art fair in Scotland. Eivar Moya, Graciela Gómez and Manuel Serrano presented their latest works with the Gaudi Galery from Madrid, Spain at Scotland’s biggest art fair which often receives over 10,000 visitors each year and often sells more than 1000 pieces of art in just […]