Los Gatos

Location:
Along the Río Cali and Avenida 4N Oeste
Barrio El Penon, Cali, Colombia

City Walk

By Brenda Yun

In 1996, renowned painter and sculptor Hernando Tejada began what came to be a collection of a dozen cat sculptures along the Río Cali, close to El Peñon. Tejada's original cat, “El Gato del Río” is the largest of the collection, and the subsequent cats are half its size but some have twice the charisma. These latter felines were painted by other significant Colombian artists and are all decorated based on their fortunate or, in some cases, unfortunate names like “Magic Cat,” “Coquette Cat,” and “Seven Lives Cat.” This is a great place to stroll along the the river and appreciate modern Colombian art.