10 Facts to Know About Fernando Botero
Fernando Botero was a Colombian figurative painter and sculptor. Once you see his art, you will never forget it. He depicted people and figures in...
Zuzanna Stańska 21 November 2024
South American Art
Turquoise: Art, Culture, and Myth of a Gemstone
The bright blue-green Turquoise has been valued and revered for centuries by all the cultures around the world that had access to it. Several...
Nadine Waldmann 21 November 2024
Get To Know The Marajoara Culture
You have probably heard of the Incas, Mayans, and Aztecs. These civilizations are called pre-Columbian, a division that includes everything that...
Rute Ferreira 14 October 2024
The Link Between Shipibo Pottery and Female Identity: Designs from the Peruvian Amazon
Along the Ucayali River of Northeastern Peru, women from the Shipibo-Conibo villages have been composing striking, geometric designs to cover...
Lauren Dorsey 14 October 2024
Masterpiece Story: Great Princess Mama Occollo
Great Princess Mama Occollo is an amazing masterpiece of South American art from the 19th century in the collection of the Denver Art Museum. It...
James W Singer 11 September 2024
Painting Brazil: Vistas of João Batista da Costa
This collection of paintings in idyllic settings is the legacy of artist and illustrator João Batista da Costa. Batista da Costa was active in the...
Maya M. Tola 9 September 2024
Fernando Botero and His Remakes of Classic Masterpieces
I must tell you something in secret – I love Fernando Botero’s works. Many of his works were inspired by classic art. Or maybe...
Zuzanna Stańska, Aniela Rybak-Vaganay 5 September 2024
How to Break Up (And What to Do Next): 5 Love Tips from Belmiro de Almeida
Is your relationship not going the way you’ve planned? Or are you stuck in a toxic situationship and not sure what to make out of it? Join me...
Rute Ferreira 29 August 2024
Sex, Love, and Death in Ancient Peru: Erotic Gallery – Museo Larco
Hidden underground for hundreds of years, depictions of sex, love, and erotica in Andean pre-Columbian art are now proudly displayed in the Erotic...
Bruno Guerra 22 August 2024
Cecilia Vicuña: Melding Art, Activism, and Indigenous Wisdom
Cecilia Vicuña was the artist to occupy the Turbine Hall in Tate Modern from October 2022 to April 2023. The vast space has previously housed...
Natalia Tiberio 9 August 2024
Fernando Botero in Colombian Museums
Fernando Botero’s artworks are probably among the most recognizable in art history. It is enough to look once at one of his plump, “voluminous”...
Anthony Royer 22 July 2024
Masterpiece Story: The Metlac Ravine by José María Velasco
The painting The Metlac Ravine looks just like a huge postcard from the past. It captures the monumental nature of the southern, coastal state of...
Alicja Gluszek 7 April 2024
