Category: Articles
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“The Fable of the Blind Artist” – Dario Ortíz
The Museum of Modern Art of the State of Mexico celebrates its 30 years of existence with the exhibition “Darío Ortiz: The Fable of the Blind Artist”, a selection of works by the Colombian artist based in Mexico. The exhibition, made up of works belonging to Mexican collections made mostly in the last decade, intertwine […]
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ArtBo 2016
It’s art month in Bogotá, and for three days, from October 27 to 30, the capital hosts the 12th edition of the International Art Fair of Bogotá (ARTBO), one of the most important contemporary art fairs in Latin America. The City Paper This year 74 galleries from 28 different cities from across the world have […]
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Colombian artists in the spotlight abroad
Colombian artists are slowly making their way into more international gallery and museum spaces. The following re-published article focuses on some of Colombia´s art talents who have forged the way. There are many reason for Colombian artists to make headway abroad – better recognition at home and internationally could be one, but also it could […]
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Lina Sinisterra: Flying High at the Pudahuel Airport in Chile!
Lina Sinisterra is a well known artist who works out of Bogota. Better known for her paintings or art installations using candy she has recently hit the headlines again for the presentation of her latest public sculpture situated at the Arturo Merino Benitez Airport in Pudahuel, Santiago, Chile. For some the installation has a polemical side […]
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‘Symmetry of Memory’ – Germán Bernal
An artistic dialogue between the geometry of nature and materials like wood and rice paper is that which is being presented in Cero Gallery by the Bogota artist Germán Bernal (1959), in his exhibition ‘Symmetry’ of Memory. After living for 25 years in Europe, Bernal decided to return to Colombia a few years ago, specifically to […]
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Beatriz González: The World Goes Pop – Tate Modern, London
While in London visiting the Frieze exhibition I heard that the renowned Colombian artist Beatriz González had work included at “The World Goes Pop” exhibition at the Tate Modern…so I decided to go along. The Tate Modern is generally free to enter if you want to view its collection but as this was a special show there was […]
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Street Art in Bogota!
I love finding new articles on art in Colombia. This one however has another side to the story which is not revealed – and all is not rosy …so read on! The article provides some good information on international artists such as Pez (Spain/Cataluña) and Crisp (Australia), as well as Colombian artists like Guache, Mico, DJ […]
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Colombia’s Art Scene Heats Up
“For years, no one came to Doris Salcedo‘s studio in Bogotá, Colombia, to watch her twist rickety bed frames into haunting sculptures. In Medellín, José Antonio Suárez Londoño worked in similar isolation, filling notebooks with tiny drawings while he listened to gruesome radio reports about cocaine kingpin Pablo Escobar. Farther north, Gabriel Sierra grew up in […]
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Colombia Recounted
Christie’s is pleased to present a selling exhibition Colombia Recounted: A Project of Contemporary Colombian Art, which will provide a glimpse of Colombia’s contemporary art through the works of artists who have played a major role in the development of the country’s arts scene over the last decades. Curators Francine Birbragher-Rozencwaig, PhD, and Oscar Roldán-Alzate, […]