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Hundreds of people bid farewell to Colombian artist Fernando Botero in his hometown of Medellin, as his coffin is carried by soldiers in Botero Square to the Museum of Antioquia, which houses hundreds of paintings and sculptures that the artist donated to the city. IMAGES
Bogota, Oct 10 (EFE).- Colombian artist and one of the most prominent figures in Latin America’s contemporary art, Beatriz González hoped to continue preserving memories of Colombia’s conflicts, which many wanted to leave in oblivion, with her work "Anonymous Auras".A part of Colombia “got used to the war” and “got used to the deaths”, the artist told EFE Sunday. In 2009, González began her art project by covering 8,957 tombstones of the four Columbaria of the central cemetery of Bogotá with silhouette figures of soldiers and peasants carrying dead bodies, in an effort to convert that space in a place of mourning. (Camera: JUAN DIEGO LOPEZ).B-ROLL OF THE INSTALLATION OF 8,957 TOMBSTONES FEATURING SILHOUETTE FIGURES OF SOLDIERS AND PEASANTS CARRYING DEAD BODIES AT BOGOTA'S CENTRAL CEMETERY BY ARTIST BEATRIZ GONZÁLEZ, IN BOGOTA, COLOMBIA.
Barcelona, Sep 9 (EFE) .- (Camera: EFE9 Colombian singer Camilo presented Wednesday night live at the Olympic Stadium in Barcelona the songs from his second album "My hands", released this year 2021 and which comes just one year after "For the first time".FOOTAGE OF THE CAMILO CONCERT IN BARCELONA
London, Jul 23 (EFE).- (Camera: Pilar Tomás) Art and education embrace in the new exhibition of the Colombian artist Óscar Murillo, winner of the prestigious Turner Prize for visual arts, who returns to the London school where he studied to explore what students around the world draw at their desks.FOOTAGE OF THE EXHIBITION IN HACKNEY, EASTERN LONDON.
Rome, Jul 20 (EFE).- (Camera: Álvaro Padilla) The French urban artist JR has opened a famous Renaissance palace in the center of Rome, the Palazzo Farnese, on the canal, from the embassy of his country, with an enormous optical illusion on its facade that allows one to imagine the interior of the building.FOOTAGE OF THE MURAL OF THE FRENCH ARTIST JR IN ROME.