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Bogotá's New Megamurals
Recently, the city sponsored these huge murals on warehouse and factory walls in the otherwise very gray and gritty Puente Aranda neighborhood. The murals, which line two streets near the Carrera 53...
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A Radical Makeover for the Trash Museum
The Teusaquillo neighborhood's Museo de la Basura, or Trash Museum, used to look like this:and this:With its constant denunciations of our human mistreatment of the planet.'Cosmic suicide will awaken...
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Scenes From The Armed Conflict
A girl and her father, driven from their homes by violence, carry away their few belongings.Jesús Abad Colorado is Colombia's most distinguished documentary photographer, particularly of the country's...
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Don't Hold Your Breath
'By 2040, only electric and zero-emission cars will operate in Bogotá.' (El Tiempo)The story never changes: Just wait, and Bogotá will have clean air (and a clean river). But whether Does anybody care?...
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Doris Salcedo's Empty Rooms
During the exhibition's inauguration, the artsy wait in line to visit empty rooms.The floor is the work of art. Appreciate it!When I visited Doris Salcedo's memorial to victims of Colombia's conflict,...
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