Mamani Mamani paints seven buildings in El Alto

Milen Saavedra reports for Pagina Siete: With this project, the artist plans to enter the Guinness Mamani Mamani paints seven buildings in El Alto They are 14 murals painted on buildings of 12 floors of a condominium at the Mercedario neighborhood of Villa Adela. The grandmother, the sage, the kid [lloqalla], the condor and the…

The National Museum of Art recovers the Baroque Mestizo polychrome

Giannina Machicado reports for La Prensa: The facade of the heritage building now looks indian red The National Museum of Art recovers the Baroque Mestizo polychrome The repository will look equally vivid colors in interior walls. a color change will be made every two to three years. The National Art Museum (MNA) looks, from two…

The Cinematheque and SCAT will give copies to institutions tomorrow

Jorge Soruco reports for La Razon: Adequate films for the blind are delivered. The Cinematheque and SCAT will give copies to institutions tomorrow In May 2014 the Bolivian Cinematheque (Oscar Soria 100) showed three domestic films -The day silence died, Faith Matters and American Visa- [El día que murió el silencio, Cuestión de fe y…

Ernesto Ortiz Silverware

Los Tiempos reports: COLONIAL ART Ernesto Ortiz Silverware A twenty year old Ernesto Ortiz, a native of Arani, began collecting works of art from the colonial period and seeing the demand and that these were not merely reproduced, he launched into production mainly of embossed silver and other religious objects. “I liked to collect colonial…

Costs and landscapes of Bolivia to seduce even Hollywood

Andrea Monasterios reports for El Deber: Costs and landscapes of Bolivia to seduce even Hollywood In the first half of 2015, George Clooney and Werner Herzog filmed two films in the country. International TV programs and even video portrayed our culture. “Our brand is crisis”, produced by George Clooney movie, starring Sandra Bullock, the first…