By Brujula Digital: Potosí recovers two colonial paintings repatriated from the United States The United States Embassy funded a security system so that the San Martín church can once again host the paintings. Fragment of the painting Virgin of Candelaria. Photo: US Embassy After 23 years, the San Martín church in Potosí will recover two…
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A Gift of Art: Holguín’s Masterpieces Restored by the U.S. | Un Regalo de Arte: Obras Maestras de Holguín Restauradas por EE.UU.
By Opinión: Bicentennial: Bolivia receives restored works by Melchor Pérez de Holguín as a gift The works of the Cochabamba-born artist are an essential part of Bolivia’s cultural legacy, and his image appears on the 50-boliviano banknote. Four restored paintings by the renowned colonial painter Melchor Pérez de Holguín are the gift with which Bolivia…
Bartolomé Arsánz – Potosí
Juan José Toro Montoya, El Potosi: David Aruquipa y Saulo Mariscal Bellido. All the winners. | Todos los ganadores. Painted chronicle The winning painting of “Emerging Artists” recreates a narration by Arsánz The painting impresses at first sight. It does not seem painted in our time but in the century it represents, the XV. That…
In the abandonment, the church of San Andrés de Machaca deteriorates
Pagina Siete reports: In 2016, the Mayor’s Office asked the Ministry of Culture for authorization to repair the atrium. They have not answered yet. Despite being part of the historical and cultural heritage of Bolivia, the temple of San Andrés de Machaca presents serious damages. Municipal authorities tried to carry out the maintenance of the…
The historical and critical narration of Querejazu about national pictorial art
Caio Ruvenal reports for Opinion: Interview with the author of the book Painting in Bolivia in the XXth Century (BBB) that is presented, in a second revised and expanded edition, next Thursday 23 at the Melchor Pinto Cultural Center in Santa Cruz. In 1989, the Banco Hipotecario Nacional, celebrating its centenary, launched the book Bolivian…
Bolivian Catholic Temple shows “hidden” colonial mural
With great pleasure, Bolivia offers to the world another beautiful painting! Located in a Catholic church that was built by 1608 (prior to Harvard University creation, 1636), Curahuara de Carangas offers another great colonial painting of what was “hidden” until now. Curahuara de Carangas, is on the northeast of Oruro department, three and half hour drive from…
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