Contemporary art publications about Bogotá
ARTBO: MUCH MORE THAN AN ART FAIR
Some art fairs are defined primarily by their galleries, while others also seek to explain the cultural context in which they take place. ARTBO clearly belongs to the second category. Created in 2004 by the Bogotá Chamber of Commerce, it was conceived with an ambition that goes beyond organizing an art fair: to support the development of the art market, contribute to the city’s cultural ecosystem, and connect the Colombian and Latin American art scene with the international art world.
ARMANDO VILLEGAS: CENTENNIAL RETROSPECTIVE AT MUSEO DE ARTE MODERNO DE BOGOTÁ (MAMBO)
The exhibition spans sixty years of a career and more than one hundred solo shows by a pioneer of modern art in Colombia.
THE BOGOTÁ BIENNIAL RETURNS IN 2027 AND ANNOUNCES ITS CURATORIAL TEAM
The second edition of the International Art and City Biennial will take place in September 2027, guided by a curatorial framework centered on relationships between human and non-human species.
THE HISTORY OF ART FROM BOGOTÁ AT MAP
The Colombian gallery presents a reconsideration of visual traditions, reactivating them through a contemporary lens; works by Carlos Castro Arias, Fernando Uhía, Raúl Cristancho, Javier Vanegas, Juan Carlos Delgado, and Miler Lagos will be on view.
REFORESTING MEMORY: YUNUEN DÍAZ AT THE BOGOTÁ BIENNIAL
Bogotá and Mexico City are among the cities with the greatest bird diversity in the world: Bogotá is home to 550 species, while Mexico City has 365. Inspired by this observation, Mexican artist, poet, and educator Yunuen Díaz presented a series of ten habitable nests at the International Biennial of Art and the City, BOG25—a collaborative creation with basket weavers from Apulo, Colombia, installed in the plaza of the Gabriel García Márquez Cultural Center of the Fondo de Cultura Económica.
RE-FILMING HISTORY: SU HUI-YU BETWEEN COLOMBIA AND TAIWAN
The Museum of Modern Art of Bogotá presents A Total Story, an exhibition that reinterprets historical archives and collective fictions to intertwine the memories of both territories.
ARTBO ART FAIR OPENS IN BOGOTÁ
The cultural event celebrates its 21st anniversary with 46 international galleries, four curatorial sections, and a program that reaffirms its role as a key platform for contemporary art in Latin America.
