Botero

"Centers exclusively on techniques of painting and printmaking as practiced by the artists in Antioquia. The historic framework ranges from colonial times to mid-20th century. Londoño's study differs from the traditional, centralist perspective of Bogotá's critics. Well documented, this work received a Colcultura award"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 58.

Usoa llega de África en un avión y es recibida y adoptada por una familia. Usoa trae sólo una carta cerrada.

Las noticias satisfacen un impulso básico del hombre. Conocer lo que no podemos ver a través de los ojos nos proporciona seguridad, poder y confianza, y gracias a las noticias que leemos, que nos cuentan, a toda la información que recibimos se aplaca nuestro deseo innato de conciencia. Necesitamos información para vivir nuestra realidad diaria, para protegernos, para establecer vínculos, para identificar a nuestros amigos y a nuestros enemigos... El periodismo no es más que el sistema que las sociedades han creado para suministrar información, pero ¿qué diferencia al periodismo de...

Born in 1912, in a small town in Wyoming, Jackson Pollock embodied the American dream as the country found itself confronted with the realities of a modern era replacing the fading nineteenth century. Pollock left home in search of fame and fortune in New York City. Thanks to the Federal Art Project he quickly won acclaim, and after the Second World War became the biggest art celebrity in America. For De Kooning, Pollock was the “icebreaker”. For Max Ernst and Masson, Pollock was a fellow member of the European Surrealist movement. And for Motherwell, Pollock was a legitimate candidate...

Judging from his reaction, it seemed that the question had touched on a sensitive spot. He took his time, explaining that, unlike the petty wars which we as humans constantly involve ourselves in because of social, religious, or economic reasons, the war of sorcerers is not directed against other people, but against their own weaknesses. By the same token, their peace is not the submissive condition to which modern man has been reduced; rather, it is an imperturbable state of internal silence and discipline.