For anyone interested in art, this museum has to be at the very top of the list of things to do in Bogotá. There are two sections to the Museo Donación Botero, the first dedicated to the famous Colombian artist Fernando Botero. In this wing the museum shows 123 examples of Botero's work. For those not familiar with Botero, (who donated many of his own private pieces to the Museum hence the name), he is the Paisa who in the words of most Colombians "paints fat people." The second section of the museum displays 85 works by internationally renowned artists from the 19th century, such as Renoir, Chagall, Picasso, Bacon and Moore.

Location:
Calle 11 No 4-41, La Candelaria
La Candelaria, Bogotá, Colombia

Museum

Getting There
Head up three blocks from the Plaza de Bolivar.

Price Description: Free

Relative price: Free

Open Hours from:9am

Open Hours to:7pm

Days Closed:Tuesday

Travel Skills: None

All of the activities of the Candelaria and in particular the Calle 10.

Contact Information:
Phone: 571 343 1340
URL: www.lablaa.org/museobotero.htm

By Richard McColl

With over five years travelling and working in Latin America, Richard feels most at home here in the big Continent. From the former Scottish...

Created: 31 Jan 2008

Updated: 06 Feb 2008

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