David Manzur in Paris: Évolution, art exhibition in France
This October, David Manzur (Neira, Colombia, 1929) presents Évolution at the Hôtel de l’Industrie in Saint-Germain-des-Prés: the first solo art exhibition in France for a painter who has shaped Colombian art for more than seven decades. The show brings together recent paintings alongside a selection of works from the past ten years. At 96, Manzur […]
2026, Bogota – Gallery Duque Arango at ARTBO
For ARTBO 2026, Duque Arango brings together 16 works that seek to sustain a conversation between two generations. On one side, five figures who set the terms of modern Latin American art: Olga de Amaral, Fernando Botero, Alejandro Obregón, David Manzur and Ana Mercedes Hoyos. On the other, three contemporary practices: Alejandra Aristizábal, Ariel Cabrera […]
Oscar Murillo: Colombian artist of contemporary painting, conceptual installation and global participation
Oscar Murillo, artist: who he is and why his work matters now Oscar Murillo (born 1986, La Paila, Valle del Cauca, Colombia) is one of the most internationally recognised contemporary artists working today. His practice is multidisciplinary by design: painting, conceptual art, installation art, performance and long-term collaborative projects share equal weight in his production. […]
Wifredo Lam: Afro-Cuban modern artist, surrealist heir to Picasso and blue-chip voice of the Caribbean
In November 2025, the Museum of Modern Art in New York opened Wifredo Lam: When I Don’t Sleep, I Dream, the first comprehensive retrospective devoted to the Cuban painter in the United States. The exhibition, on view through April 2026, has prompted a renewed wave of interest among American collectors in an artist whose place […]
Ana Mercedes Hoyos: art, artwork and the legacy of a Colombian master
Ana Mercedes Hoyos is one of the few Latin American painters of the twentieth century whose practice moves with equal authority between rigorous abstraction and a deeply researched figurative language. Across five decades of work — from her early Windows to her late bronze palenqueras — she built a coherent body of art that placed […]
Duque Arango at ArtBO 2026: proposal and artists in Bogotá
Duque Arango at ArtBO 2026: the gallery’s proposal for the Bogotá contemporary art fair From September 24 to 27, 2026, Bogotá becomes, once again, the meeting point for the international contemporary art circuit in Colombia. Duque Arango Gallery participates in ArtBO 2026 with a selection of seven artists that brings together, in a single space, […]
Gustavo Velez in Pietrasanta: the 2026 exhibition
Gustavo Velez in Pietrasanta: the exhibition that marks 30 years in the world capital of sculpture In the summer of 2026, Gustavo Velez occupies Pietrasanta. Monumental sculptures in marble, bronze and polished steel are installed across the historic squares, the seafront pier and the convent complex of the Tuscan city, in one of the most […]
The Dimensions of Balance
Amid marble, bronze, and polished steel, landscape and space come alive during the summer of 2026 in Pietrasanta with a remarkable tension. Pursuing the invisible movement of air, water, and wind, Gustavo Vélez’s sculptures undertake a challenge that is both poetic and formal: transforming the gravity of matter into an experience of lightness. In a […]
Everything an Art Collector Should Know About Olga de Amaral
In recent years, the international art market has witnessed a renewed and sustained interest in fiber art, particularly in works that blur the boundaries between craft, sculpture, and abstraction. At the center of this movement stands Olga de Amaral, one of the most influential figures in contemporary textile art. For collectors in the United States […]
Everything an Art Collector Should Know About Fernando Botero
Fernando Botero´s unmistakable volumetric language, has transcended stylistic categorization to become a cultural signature. For collectors, however, the relevance of Botero lies not only in visual identity, but in the structural forces that sustain his market: museum presence, consistent demand across decades, disciplined edition practices, and an unusually transparent auction record for a Latin American […]
