Culture

Artist Eduardo Moreno works with coal.

Moreno: coal and modernity

Taking on coal in all its visual expressions is the latest venture of the Colombian multi-media artist Eduardo Moreno.

Colombian cumbia rockers Bomba Estéreo.

It’s ‘Bomba Estéreo’

Bomba Estéreo is not your grandparents’ cumbia! The voice of “Li” Saumet and the beats of Simón Mejia are earning this band a fan base…

The exhibition Grandes Maestros looks at the art of artisans throughout the hemisphere.

Artisan ‘Maestros’

The exhibition 'Grandes Maestros del Arte Popular' exhibited at Bogotá's Modern Art Museum looks at the art of craftmanship across the region.

The Petronio Alvarez Festival celebrates Afro-Colombian music.

Petronio: Festival with a future

The Petronio Alvarez Festival celebrates Colombia’s rich Afro culture and has grown into a world class event since it launched 17 years ago in Cali.

The tra(m)ps of photographer Javier Vanegas at the Museo Gallery.

Exposed as a tra(m)p!

With his engaging exhibition titled 'Human tra(m)p' photographer Javier Vanegas challenges notions of what is considered “obscene.”

The colonial town of Villa de Leyva can inspire the aspiring writer.

Villa de Leyva: Writer’s escape

Villa de Leyva is more than fossils and walking cobble streets. It's a refuge for artists looking for inspiration far from it all.


An exhibition of ceramics from ancient Greece comes to the Museo Nacional.

Days of amphorae

Get a closer look at the pots and pieces of ancient Greece at an exhibited which opens its doors mis month at the Museo Nacional…

Medellín has historical connections to the modernist art movement. From Deborah Arango to contemporary artists.

Medellín: A modernist legacy

Colombia's modernist movement took hold in the 1950s when Medellín artists began exposing a double standard in paisa culture. The modernist legacy remains.

Colombia hip hop band ChocQuibTown release a new album this month.

Music: Who and where is ChocQuibTown?

With a growing fan base thanks to a series of hit singles, ChocQuibTown are back with a new album which reaffirms their musical roots and…


Conductor Gustavo Dudamel will lead the Opera de Coombia with the first performance of Wagner's Tannhauser in Colombia.

Dudamel to dazzle

The Ópera de Colombia brings conductor Gustavo Dudamel in a once in a lifetime interpretation of Wagner’s Tannhäuser.

To communicate with their gods, ask favors or render a ‘thank you’ the ancient Muisca molded their bountiful gold into miniature offerings.

Rethinking the Muisca

The Museo del Oro has put on display a rare collection of pre-Columbian offerings known as 'tunjos' and crafted by Muisca goldsmiths.

Bogotá offers a culture of alternative film through Cine Clubs which have operated in the city for three decades.

Bogotá ‘Cinema Club’

Film clubs make up this city's alternative entertainment. The "Cine Club" operate in some of Bogotá's lesser- known venues.

Digital artist Monika Bravo is one three Colombians showing work in the 'Habladores' exhibition.

‘Habladores’: Art by books

The exhibition ‘Habladores’ at Banco de la República looks at how chosen artists get inspiration from literature.