Culture


Nick Nichols Hunert Faces Project

Painting a hundred faces

Bogotá-based artist Nick Nichols plans to paint 100 portraits on recycled wood as part of his Hunert Faces Project.

The Bogota International Book Fair. Photo by Ivan Herrera, Courtesy of FILBO.

Bogotá for book lovers

This April, Bogotá hosts the 26th International Book Fair, bringing together authors from around the world.

Leo Matiz, Mirando el Infinito

Leo Matiz: master from Macondo

This month, the Museo Nacional hosts an exhibition by Leo Matiz, Colombia's most important photojournalist.

The official poster for the Eurocine 2013 Festival in Colombia

Eurocine: on the road

Highlighting road movies and Dutch film, the 2013 Eurocine Festival brings the best of European film to Colombia.

Jose Roca Tate Modern

The Tate’s Roca

Latin American art expert, José Roca, is helping boost artists in his home country and share their work around the world.

The Bogotá Philharmonic Orchestra

Bogotá is Beethoven

Beethoven takes over Bogotá in the first International Music Festival, with more than 420 artists and 56 concerts.

Rafael Gomezbarros

The artist and the ants

Rafael Gomezbarros's oversized ants represent both Colombian industriousness and displacement caused by conflict.


Concert in Bogota by Juan Felipe Gómez

Estéreo Picnic: Local talent

Festival Estéreo Picnic brings the world's hottest bands to the Colombian capital, but check out these top local groups as well.



El Faro, a new film from Colombian director Pacho Bottía

The last keeper of ‘El Faro’

New film El Faro, follows the dying way of life of a Santa Marta lighthouse keeper and the mysterious couple he rescues.

Mauricio Puentes, star of Roa

An actor and an assassination

Mauricio Puentes, the star of new Colombian film, Roa, discusses the role and how he came to make his feature film debut.

Cartagena Film Festival 2013 Opening Night

Roa: opening with a bang

New film Roa, from Colombian director Andres Baiz, opened the Cartagena Film Festival to thunderous applause.

Operation E, the controversial film debuting in Colombia at FICCI 53

Cartagena uncensored

The Cartagena International Film Festival takes place this week, bringing in cineastes and filmmakers from around the world.