Art
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Ejti Stih, Painting in Blood
26 Apr, 2018 | Mathew Grace
Photo: Iván RodriguezA tendentious exhibition from the cruceña artist looks at abortionThe red-tinged brick Santa Cruz Cathedral towers above the city’s central square, the Plaza Principal 24 de Septi...
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Matilde Casazola
26 Apr, 2018 | Adriana Murillo
Photo: Adriana MurilloThe voice of Bolivia’s poetic songUpon opening the green gate of a house in the centre of Sucre, I was overcome by a sense of tranquillity when I saw the kind face of Matilde Cas...
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Grabbing Bolivian Cinema by the balls
26 Apr, 2018 | Chauncey Crail
Photo: Iván RodriguezDenisse Arancibia Flores, Director and Star of Las Malcogidas‘In Bolivia, there is no film industry,’ says Denisse Arancibia Flores, director of the 2016 Bolivian musical-comedy f...
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A Door to the Paceño Underworld
23 Feb, 2018 | Georgina Bolam
Photo: Alma FilmsMarcos Loayza and the new voice of Bolivian cinemaThe Bolivian film critic Pedro Susz wrote some years ago that filming in Bolivia is as difficult as building a Concorde airplane in a...
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The Andoro Experience
22 Dec, 2017 | Charles Bladon
Photo: Claudia PrudencioTransgressing the boundaries of performance in BoliviaAndoro is no musician alone. This was made clear the moment he stepped through the front door of the coffee shop and greet...
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Ballet de Bolivia
22 Dec, 2017 | Fruzsina Gál
Photo: Fruzsina GálRedefining the social boundaries of an artform To think of ballet is to think of a well-constructed image of a tall, slender, fair-toned dancer in front of an elegant, rich, fa...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...