From 7 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Sunday mornings, Bogotá draws more than 1.5 million people out into the streets to bike, walk, skate, and roll. Keeping 75 miles of asphalt free from cars for seven hours is ...
Colombia is in the midst of an art boom, and the city's streets are vibrant with striking works by talented locals. Similar to the art renaissance that encompassed southern neighbor Brazil 10 years ...
The journey begins above Bogotá, where orange and white buildings stretch across a vast highland basin beneath green ...
Detail of a wall featuring work by Fear (all photos by the author for Hyperallergic) BOGOTÁ, Colombia — Here, where graffiti is classified as a violation rather than a crime, street artists do not ...
A street murals on a historical building in the Candelaria district of Bogotá, which will most likely be painted over by the city (all photos by the author for Hyperallergic) BOGOTÁ — The first stop ...
In a few days, we will travel to Bogotá, Colombia, to celebrate 50 years of Ciclovía, the program of closing streets to cars every Sunday and public holiday, that has inspired more than 400 cities ...
Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...
“Policemen in Bogotá are art curators,” my tour guide, Luis Lamprea, tells me, as we wander through the Candelaria neighbourhood in the capital’s centre. “If they catch you but they like the art ...