How to discover the cultural scene in Colombia

Most Colombians arent into art and culture.
Look at the movies you see in the cinemas-Marvel Comics. terror. kiddies movies

Go to Cinespiral in Manizales-which features foreign art type movies-and you are the only ones there

Culture in Colombia is Rumba and bottle of guaro..

Still a few museums in Bogota and Medellin you can go to definitely worth seeing
If you travel around Colombia enough you will see many different music and dance forms in different cities

Most interesting thing I have seen culturally to date is the cultural dance show at Parque del Cafe in Quindio

Colombia's greatest artist is widely acknowledged to be Fernando Botero (1932-    ).

Sculptor and painter Botero rose to prominence back in 1958, winning Colombia's national "salon" award.

As a young man he spent much time at the Louvre museum in Paris and in Florence, Italy, studying the great artworks in those places. 

In recent years, Botero has visited his hometown of Medellín for about one month a year .. and lately --  in his 80's -- has been living mostly in Paris.

His art can be characterized by the term 'volume' -- due to the prolific output of his life's work .. and the ample size of the people and animals he depicts.

A sampling of his paintings and sculptures is easily googled.

Some of Botero's sculptures are on permanent display outdoors in Medellín's El Centro.

His art also adorns corporate headquarters around the world .. and can be seen on Park Avenue in New York and along the Champs Élysées, the famous boulevard in Paris.

Wikipedia's Fernando Botero page was consulted in developing this post.

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Has nobody ever read a book by Gabriel García Márquez?
Colombia has always had first rate authors.

Yep..90% of Colombian culture in 2  men..Gabriel Garcia Marquez and Botero...

Germán Castro Caycedo is a contemporary Colombian writer who deals with the realities of the Colombian experience - he "tells it like it is" in all its bad and good, and is eloquent and thought-provoking.  Although he has his detractors because they feel he doesn't "sugar-coat" some subjects as they think he should, he clearly loves Colombia and is well worth reading.

I recommend his collection of essays about his travels across Colombia, Colombia Amarga, for anyone who wants to know more about Colombia and who is not afraid to face some of its unpleasant realities.

In Cali, the newspaper El País always has several pages of upcoming cultural events and happenings, some free and some usually low-cost, spanning a wide spectrum of music and the arts as well as hikes, classes, artisan crafts and bazaars, etc:

https://www.planciudad.com/eventos?utm_ … planciudad