Culture

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.

A displaced family in Colombia

Voices of the displaced

A new book chronicles the powerful stories of 23 internally displaced people from Colombia's armed conflict.

Curators from the Louvre Ancient Civilization Department

From Olympus to Macarena

Louvre curators wired with the Museo Nacional to open a first-in-Colombia exhibition of ancient Greek ceramics.

Mochilas Colombianas on display

The ‘mochila’ factor

Must-have accessories for Colombians and visitors alike, mochilas from the Northern coast are cultural and fashion icons.

Book Covers

Books for art lovers

For aesthetes and book lovers, January is the perfect month to find end-of-year art books fresh on bookshelves.

FinDAC in Cartagena by Rainbow Nelson

One wall at a time

Artist Fin DAC helped inspire kids in one of Cartagena's poorest neighborhoods through the power of street art.