Art

The Pride of Aiquile
22 Dec, 2017 | David Fegan
Photo: Ana DiazThe Aiquile International Charango Festival celebrates the cultural heritage of a musical companion present through hardships and happiness.Buena onda is a good way to describe the peop...

The Thorn of La Paz
22 Nov, 2017 | Fruzsina Gál
Photo: Iván Rodriguez PetkovicInside the mind of a Bolivian fashion designerHidden in the deceptive mishmash of eccentric apartment blocks and the bustling traffic of the Calacoto neighborhood in La P...

The Art of Revolution
22 Nov, 2017 | Charles Bladon
Photos: Fruzsina Gál and Charles BladonBolivia is no exception to the graffiti fad that has enthralled South America in recent decades. Discourse has taken a new format, taking issues rigorously...

A Country of Poets
23 Aug, 2017 | Rosie Collier
Bolivian poetry is recognised in a new collection – and finds its voice in the streets, bars and cafés.Mónica Velásquez is the general researcher and coordinator of La crítica y el poeta, a collection...

Sebastiana Returns
23 Aug, 2017 | Raquel Diaz
Photo: Iván RodriguezA classic of Bolivian cinema receives new life as a graphic novel Flipping through the pages of one of the two copies in existence of ¡Vuelve Sebastiana! Los Chipayas, a graphic n...

Performing Life Bolivia
23 Aug, 2017 | Hannah Chukwu
Photo: Hannah ChukwuBreathing life into young performersThe streets of the residential neighborhood Montenegro in Cochabamba are dusty, sparse and sprawling. At sunrise, the vast expanse of land is pu...

Photo-essay: Mechanical Works
19 Jul, 2017 | Fabián Zapata
Photos: Fabián ZapataTranslation: Michael ProtheroeServicing your car in La PazIn almost every corner of the city, there are built-in makeshift mechanical workshops that meet the demand of ramshackle...

Antique Photographers
19 Jul, 2017 | Fabián Zapata
Photos: Fabián ZapataTranslation: Niall FlynnPortrait of Gregorio Alcón BeltránGregorio Alcón Beltrán:An intrepid traveller who spends his day relaxing in the square he has grown fond of and with his...

Choreographing Identity
19 Jul, 2017 | Lily Turner
Photo: Lily TurnerThe role of traditional dance in Bolivian educationWhen visiting the Unidad Educativa Piloto Adhemar Gehain in La Paz, I stand on the sidelines watching a Physical Education class ta...

La Maldita Comedia
25 Jun, 2017 | Alex Walker
Photo: Sophie HoganCreating Comedy and Culture‘Comedy strengthens us, it stresses us, it helps us, because when we create material we are analysing ourselves,’ Yumi Roca tells me. Yet, as La Maldita C...

TOUCH
16 Apr, 2017 | Noemi Monu
Text: Sophie HoganOf all the things we feel in our lives, no pillow is as soft, no sun as warm on the skin as the touch of the person we love and who loves us back. It satisfies a hunger that no other...

FACES OF LA PAZ
28 Mar, 2017 | Nick Somers
Sometimes you need to look no further than the smiling faces of the people on the city’s streets to find the beauty of La Paz. And one of the great things about this place is that it has anything but...

REHEARSING WITH THE KORY WARMIS
28 Mar, 2017 | Marianthi Baklava
Photos: Marianthi BaklavaWomen meet to create theatrical art – and to empower themselves‘Get ready, you’re going to be backed against that wall once everyone gets here,’ Erika Andia warns me. Upon arr...

CONTEMPORARY CRISIS
28 Mar, 2017 | Sophie Hogan
Photo: Sophie HoganCochabamba's Struggle to put Art Back on the MapThe dawn has bloomed just enough for a beautiful orange sky as I step off the bus. Walking through the streets, which are bathed in s...