The National Museum of Colombia is hosting a virtual art auction titled “Zoombasta” with 20 works by artists going under the gavel on Thursday.
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Clemencia Echeverri and projected realities in Liminal
Two decades of artistic creation by Clemencia Echeverri is the subject of a retrospective at the Banco de la Repu?blica’s Museum Miguel Urruti?a (MAMU).
SNA45: Art salon of counter-information and reversed narratives
The 45th edition of the National Artists Salon takes an inverted look at the role of artists as nation builders.
Barcú: Memorable moments of Bogotá’s community inspired art fair (gallery)
The sixth edition of Barcú welcomed artists from around the world and converted colonial homes in La Candelaria into temporary galleries, including the old forge Casa Kabiros.
Fragmentos: Art floored by memory and protest
Artists Clemencia Echeverri and Felipe Arturo inaugurate in the hallowed space of Doris Salcedo’s tiled counter-monument.
Interview with sculptor Hugo Zapata: The soul of the stone
As a key figure in Colombian contemporary art, Zapata spoke with The City Paper about a life dedicated to the hidden manifestations of the earth and uncompromising relationship with stone.
Testament of a Nation: Pedro Nel Gómez at the National Museum
Compared to Mexico’s Diego Rivera, Pedro Nel Gómez used murals for creating a national identity, and subject of the National Museum’s latest exhibition.
Colombia’s Miler Lagos and his paper ‘forest’
Miler lagos is a sculptor on an epic adventure in the world of contemporary art by reconstructing nature with newsprint.
Ana Mercedes Hoyos: Beyond bowls of fruit
The paintings of Ana Mercedes Hoyos are indelibly linked with a Colombian identity. The subject of many works is “soul mate” Zenaida.
Interview: The wilder side of artist Nadín Ospina
Nadín Ospina explores the relationships between ancestral elements and the images which shape a Colombian identity.
Kindi Llatju and art of ceremonial colors
Kindi Llajtu uses colour to create an “absence” of light. The artist employs the abstract with ancestral techniques.
Colombia’s Pedro Ruiz and his ‘Gold’ standard
Artist Pedro Ruiz depicts in “Oro” scenes representing the beauty and complexity of traditional life and nature in Colombia.