Documents of Latin American and Latino Art

In this text, Daniel Samper Ortega critically discusses certain events that took place on the Colombian art scene in 1929. First, he bemoans the death of artist Roberto Pizano, an important figure on the Colombian art scene, largely due to his work [...]

Colombian writer Daniel Samper Ortega starts this essay discussing the situation facing the artistic professions in Colombia during the first quarter of the twentieth century. He asserts that the position of writers and visual artists is particularly [...]