Art

LIFE BEYOND ATAJO
28 Mar, 2017 | Alex Walker
Photos: William WroblewskiNew beginnings after the break-upThe adage, ‘It’s never too late to try new things’ is often one reserved for parkour pensioners or grandmothers getting to grips with what th...

Dark Skull
17 Feb, 2017 | Louise Lacourarie
Photos: Nick SomersA cinematic view of what lies beneath the mining communities of the altiplanoHuanuni is a small town in the altiplano, an hour’s drive from Oruro through the sparse, high-altitude c...

Humor with a purpose
29 Dec, 2016 | Eleanor Henderson
Photo: Iván Rodriguez PetkovicLas Mentes Ociosas and their brand of musical comedyThe Palacio de Comunicaciones in La Paz is not as imposing as a theatre can be. Imagine your high school auditorium wi...

Iconoclasta
21 Nov, 2016 | Valeria Salinas Maceda
Photos: Dario MonsterBreaking Images With A Fashion ShowThis year, fashion designer Galo Sanchez selected the mystical Lake Titicaca as the location for the fourth installment of the Iconoclasta Fashi...

Colours Among the Desolate Beauty of the Altiplano
24 Oct, 2016 | Alexis Galanis
Photo: Alexis GalanisCelebrated Artist Mamani Mamani’s Towering MuralsAs you drive through El Alto to zona Mercedario, the landscape becomes stark, and the hectic hubbub of La Ceja softens to silent d...

AYAWASQA
26 Sep, 2016 | Iván Rodriguez
Ayawasqa is the new line of fashion accessories from Amancaya Rivera, who works to bring forth the natural heritage of Bolivia through ancestral textiles and designs.www.ayawasqa.com+591 71538188Photo...

Haute Couture in the Andes
28 Oct, 2015 | Valeria Salinas Maceda
Creating the Chukuta Fashion DistrictFashion lovers flock to Paris and Milan every day, and most are sure not to miss a visit to Montaige Avenue and the Quadrilatero D’oro to see the boutiques on the...

Building the Houses of God
28 Oct, 2015 | Hazel Browne
It seems almost every corner of La Paz is home to a church. An interview with Gastón A. Gallardo, Dean of Architecture at Universidad Mayor de San Andrés, opens my eyes to the history and design behin...

OMB: La Paz Dub, Drum and Bass
05 Oct, 2015 | Anna Keeley
The Music Collective and Label Putting Bolivian Beats on the MapIt was 3 am at digital art collective Oí Más Bass’ club night, La Bass, at Roots Reggae Bar in Sagarnaga, but people weren’t getting tir...

Destination Known: The Letreros of La Paz
05 Oct, 2015 | Anna Keeley
In the windscreen of every minibus and trufi in La Paz sits a handful of letreros indicating geographical locations; simply catch sight of your destination, walk out into the road and climb aboard. T...

Whose Wall Is It Anyway?
05 Oct, 2015 | Celia Dyson
Public Notice: Rubbish Kills. The Pope Is the Antichrist. Evo 2015. What do these three statements have in common? They are all found written on the walls of La Paz – a city whose graffiti stands out...

DANCING INSIDE A BOX
26 Aug, 2015 | Celia Dyson
Creativity within the city’s small spacesThe show “Solos en La Paz” is a series of solo contemporary dance performances organised by Isabel Aillón. It takes place in a small, black, rectangular room i...

THE SPACE BETWEEN
26 Aug, 2015 | Hannah Mills
Concrete poetry and the power of the visual in verseBolivian blogger, journalist and poet Paola Senseve uses space to make her readers question the nature of poetry. Using a form called ‘concrete poet...

MUD SPACES
26 Aug, 2015 | Valeria Wilde
Photos by: Valeria WildeHans Moeller is a German-Bolivian who studied economics and spent part of his life working in the mining industry. Currently, he spends his free time working on astonishing con...