Culture

Bogotá’s Night of Museums Opens 80 Cultural Spaces Across the City

The seventh edition of the Noche de Museos takes place on Friday, November 13, bringing together 80 museums and cultural venues across more than 14 localities, with an evening programme of exhibitions, music, dance, immersive…

THE CITY PAPER STAFF November 11, 2026

Bogotá’s Teatro Mayor Announces Major 2027 Cultural Season

BOGOTÁ – The 2027 cultural calendar is set for an extraordinary year. The Teatro Mayor Julio Mario Santo Domingo has unveiled next year’s season, a…

THE CITY PAPER STAFF November 10, 2026

Who Gets to Tell Colombia’s Story? National Museum on Frontline Over Historical Memory

At least 30 National Riot Police officers stood outside Colombia’s National Museum on Monday as academics, artists and historians gathered to debate a question that…

RICHARD EMBLIN October 19, 2026

Tallis Scholars bring five decades of Renaissance polyphony to Bogotá

The 15th International Festival of Sacred Music of Bogotá enters its final week with a programme that brings together Renaissance polyphony, Latin American sacred traditions,…

RICHARD EMBLIN September 30, 2026

Rituals: Art, memory and the rituals that hold communities together

A new exhibition at the Banco de la República in Bogotá brings together 19 recently acquired works exploring spirituality, ancestral knowledge, memory and the rituals…

RICHARD EMBLIN September 21, 2026

ARTBO 2026: Four days of art, commerce and Bogotá’s cultural crowd

For four days every September, Bogotá’s art world moves into Ágora Bogotá, where collectors, curators, gallerists, artists, designers, students and the city’s cultural crowd converge…

RICHARD EMBLIN September 18, 2026

Bogotá’s Sacred Music Festival Turns 15 With ‘La Concordia’

Bogotá’s iconic Teatro Colón is the starting point for a month-long exploration of music, spirituality and the many ways in which cultures find common ground…

RICHARD EMBLIN September 4, 2026

Shakira Pledges US$1.25 M to Rebuild Earthquake-Damaged Schools in Chocó

Colombia’s Shakira has pledged US$1.25 million toward rebuilding schools and educational infrastructure damaged by the earthquake that struck Colombia’s Pacific region on August 10, announcing…

RICHARD EMBLIN August 19, 2026

Omar Rayo’s ‘Labyrinth’ Reframes Modern Latin American Art

At first glance, Omar Rayo’s paintings appear to belong to the orderly universe of geometry. Crisp black-and-white planes fold into one another with astonishing precision,…

RICHARD EMBLIN June 30, 2026

Remembering Totó La Momposina, the Voice of Colombia’s Caribbean Soul

When One Hundred Years of Solitude author Gabriel García Márquez accepted the Nobel Prize for Literature in Stockholm in 1982, Colombia arrived with him —…

RICHARD EMBLIN May 19, 2026

OSHORTS, the growing presence at Cannes is part of a long-term internationalization strategy. Photo: Black Velvet

BOGOSHORTS Expands Global Audience at Cannes With Latin American Short Films

The Bogotá Short Film Festival – BOGOSHORTS – is strengthening its international footprint at the 79th Cannes Film Festival with a major presence at the…

RICHARD EMBLIN May 13, 2026

In Mud We Trust: Ruby Rumié's volcano portraits are on display until June 27 at the Nohra Haime Gallery in New York. Photo: Ruby Rumié.

From Cartagena to Chelsea: Ruby Rumié Brings ¿How Are the Children? to New York

At Nohra Haime Gallery, in Manhattan’s white-walled Chelsea district, Cartagena-based artist Ruby Rumié is asking a deceptively simple question: How are the children? It is…

RICHARD EMBLIN May 6, 2026