Italy finds Botero innocent of tax evasion
After two years of litigation, an Italian court absolved Colombian painter and sculptor Fernando Botero of tax evasion charges. Italian authorities claimed that Botero must pay taxes on the artworks,…
After two years of litigation, an Italian court absolved Colombian painter and sculptor Fernando Botero of tax evasion charges. Italian authorities claimed that Botero must pay taxes on the artworks,…
Colombian artist Fernando Botero’s art accounted for one third of sales at New York City art auction house Sotheby’s Latin American art sale on Wednesday, making it the most-sold art…
Colombia’s most famous sculptor and painter Fernando Botero opened an exhibition on violence in his home country in the Brazilian capital of Brasilia. The traveling exhibition is called “The Pain…
Colombian painter and sculptor Fernando Botero has donated $300,000 to a fund dedicated to providing aid to victims of last year’s devastating rainy season. Botero met with first lady Maria…
Colombian artist Fernando Botero is preparing his paintings of Jesus Christ for a New York exhibition, reported Spanish news agency EFE from an interview with Colombian radio Caracol. Botero has…
Fernando Botero’s 1985 painting “Family Scene” sold for $1.7 million in a Christie’s auction in New York. “Family Scene” is “inspired by Botero’s fascination with the artistry and sport of…
Chilean sculptor Francisco Gazitua will construct a monument to the victims of Colombia’s paramilitaries out of 18,000 weapons handed in during the process of demobilization, reports El Tiempo. Forty-five tons of…
Colombia’s Bank of the Republic owns a good bit of the ancient neighborhood of La Candelaria in Bogota – no doubt a lot more than you’d suspect. I have learned…
Fernando Botero art prize is scrapped following criticism by the artist. The US$50,000 award for Latin American artists under 35 years old has been discontinued due to comments by Botero…