Donacion Botero Bogota

Calle 11 No. 4-41, Bogota , Colombia - Phone: 091 343 1340
  • Traveler Rating 4.50
    139 reviews 12 travel blogs 4 photos

    Attraction Type:

    Art gallery

    Popularity

    8of 47 attractions in Bogota

TravelPod Member ReviewsDonacion Botero Bogota

  • Art everywhere FOR FREE!

    5

    rodrigofdez 1 contribution Punta Arenas, Chile Apr 11, 2011

    Definitely a must in Bogotá. The amount of Botero's paintings is amazing. The exposition has a complete collection of other painters' master pieces. And it is all for free. From this gallery of art you can enter other galleries that are located adjacent to it.

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Travel Blogs by Travelers Who Visited this Attraction Donacion Botero Bogota

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    Films and fat bottomed girls

    My long-awaited meeting with Colombian filmmaker finally came this morning, when I went to his house in the area of Chapinero to meet and talk to him. I was quite proud at having used the Transmilenio and found the apartment on my own, though nervous at the prospect of meeting someone I'd studied! Thankfully, he turned out to be very friendly and …

  • 2

    Bogota

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    11 januari. Na een wel zeer kort nachtje vertrokken we om 4u naar de luchthaven voor onze vlucht naar ons laatste maar zeker niet minste land van deze droomreis: Colombia! De eerste 2 nachten zouden we bij Elena haar mama, Patricia logeren. Al hadden we Patricia nog maar 1 maal ontmoet, zij en Elena waren meteen zo gastvrij geweest ons bij haar uit …

  • 3

    Finally, Colombia

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    11.1.12לבסו 07; נחתנו בקולו 02;ביה. אנג'י, בחורה קולומ 89;יאנית שהכרנ 93; בב …

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    ... Cero de Monserrate, with it's spectacular views of the city, to name a few. I am far from a museum freak, but really enjoyed Donacion Botero, with all it's paintings and sculptures of Botero, Picasso, Dali, Renoir, Monet and so on. And of course, then we ...

  • 2

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    ... . It was also free as it was holiday week so that was good timing! Another good Museum was Donacion Botero which has lots of exhibits by Colombia's most famous contemporary artist - Fernando Botero. His artwork both painings and sculptures have a very ...

  • 3

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    ... a relief after the wallet-suck that is Brazil. I did make it to a couple museums, both free. Donacion Botero houses the work of Colombia's most famous painter, who makes everyone he paints look like an over-inflated balloon. Friendly guides showed ...

  • 4

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    ... . The next day the streets were busier and so we walked around the historic centre of La Candelaria. We explored the Donacion Botero, a fantastic museum which houses dozens of works by the Colombian artist Fernando Botero. I have to admit to never ...

  • 5

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    ... After this we had another walk around the city and went to find the gold museum, which was closed, and on to the Donacion Botero gallery. Inside was 208 pieces (i quote) including 123 of Botero´s own work´s - paintings, drawings, and sculptures. As ...

  • 6

    Has it been 4 days already?

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    ... around and pester his coworkers for my benefit. We're meeting up for dinner later in the week. Afterwards, I went to a couple of museums, Donacion Botero and Casa de la Moneda. Botero was exemplary, both because of the huge array of his own work, and his ...

  • 7

    Gold, art, violence and the hunt for a drug baron

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    ... a bit of gold and this museum claims to have more 34,000 pieces from all the major pre-hispanic cultures of Colombia. This seems to suggest that the Colombian grave robbers have been significantly less effective than those from the other countries we ...

  • 8

    Culture Time

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    ... filled with churches and  museums taking pictures and visiting some of the must see places. Donacion Botero  Is one of the art museums in Bogota holding the collections of Fernando Botero.  For those that don't know, Botero is a ...

  • 9

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    ... and we went out for dinner. She lives in Bogot'' but hopes to move to Germany soon. Kinda interesting talking to her about Colombia and Bogot'' but what struck me the most was that she never vists some of the parts of Bogot'' that I had just explored, ...

  • 10

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    ... . Waiting for Diana outside, I tried some super sweet pineapple from the many street vendors. We decided to head to the Donación Botero, a museum containing many works donated by Botero on the condition that entry be free. We managed to tag along with a ...