Medellin neighborhood turns gallery of heroes
Several giant portraits have gone up on the rooftops and walls of a Medellin neighborhood as part of a project to decrease crime and violence in a deprived part of…
Several giant portraits have gone up on the rooftops and walls of a Medellin neighborhood as part of a project to decrease crime and violence in a deprived part of…
Writers, musicians, filmmakers, actors and comedians from around the world will visit Colombia Caribbean coast next month for the sixth annual Barranquilla Art Carnival. Actors, singers and musicians will perform shows…
An eclectic mix of writers, musicians, philosophers and political leaders will come together to think and talk at this month’s Hay Festival Cartagena. Though the festival has a strong…
Cartagena kicks off 2012 with the prestigious Hay Festival of literature and arts, to be held in the city from January 26-29. The seventh edition of the annual festival celebrates…
Colombian poet Nicanor Velez has died in the Spanish city of Barcelona, his publishing company announced Wednesday. The 52-year old Velez gained international recognition for his poetry books “La Memoria…
Fernando Botero, Colombia’s most famous painter and sculptor, was pronounced well on Wednesday after a brief stay in hospital. Botero, famous worldwide for his distinctive painting and sculpting style, was…
Greek sculptor Sophia Vari is bringing her abstract sculptures to Colombia for the first time. Fifteen of Vari’s large sculptures will be revealed in Cartagena’s Plaza de los Coches on…
Medellin’s Modern Art Museum hosts artworks by Colombian painter Beatriz Gonzalez in an exhibit titled “The Comedy and the Tragedy,” that points at the contradictions present within in Colombian society.…
Medellin’s Antioquia Museum celebrates 130 years on Tuesday, November 29, with free entrance for all of its visitors. The Museo de Antioquia (Antioquia Museum) was the first museum founded in…