Andean Mona Lisa

EFE, Los Tiempos: Exposición. La artista aymara posa junto a su lienzo en la UPEA. | Exposition. The Aymara artist poses next to her canvas at the UPEA. | EFE An Andean Mona Lisa is born from the brush of Claudia Callizaya A Mona Lisa dressed with the elegance of Bolivian cholitas and a version…

The National Museum of Art presents the catalog of the legacy of Inés Córdova and Gil Imaná – El Museo Nacional de Arte presenta el catálogo del legado de Inés Córdova y Gil Imaná

Jorge Soruco, Pagina Siete: The document is the basis of the museography of the repository dedicated to the couple. Seven researchers reflect on the vast, exceptional and generous work of Bolivian artists Gil Imaná and Inés Córdova in the digital catalog Fuego y Tierra. The document will be presented this Friday, January 28, in virtual…

Repartijas – Distributions

Claudia Eid, Los Tiempos: Of expenses and “absurd” distributions The one that was the Ministry of Cultures never worked quite well and that is because it is not understood what is the profile of who should lead that portfolio or, in reality, because the Government of the day is not really interested in culture. It…

Rosmery Mamani

Drawing the Dispossessed: Bolivian Artist Rosmery Mamani Ventura A young boy sleeping on the street, an old woman begging for money-these are the people who draw Bolivian artist Rosmery Mamani Ventura’s eye. At just 27 she is a rising star whose intense connection with people living on the margins of society leads to extraordinarily rich…

5 Bolivian-American Creatives Whose Work You Need to Know

Michaela Vargas reports for Remezcla: In October 2019, Bolivia took center stage in the news as mass protests and social division exploded over the contested presidential election. Bolivia’s first high profile Indigenous president, Evo Morales, was nearing the end of his near 14-year presidency and sought re-election. Mass protests and violence ensued and Morales obtained asylum…