Museo de Antioquia Medellin

Born in Medellin, the famous Fernando Botero donated the majority of his original artwork (paintings and sculptures) to the town. We spent at least 3-4 hours walking around the Botero plaza and the adjacent museum. Boterism is a very unique style of art, and anyone that knows of his work can identify a piece of his collection. The exaggerated …

After an hour on the bus from Salento to Pereira we switched buses onwards to Medellin. It was a first for us when the driver offered all the passengers plastic bags as we hopped on the bus. I asked if this was for rubbish and the driver made a puking motion. The trip was 5 hours and it was the most winding bus ride we've taken so far. I was happy …

After my short one hour flight I left the airport and stepped foot onto the beautiful city of Medellin Colombia. To tell you the truth I almost wish my flight was longer as I really wanted to watch one of the movies they offered. But they only play movies on flights over two and half hours. The city of Medellin is Colombia's second largest city …

Em um vale de montanhas das Cordilheiras dos Andes, no alto de 2.200 metros, está localizada a charmosa Medellín. Terra de Botero, o adorador de gordinhos, e de Pablo Escobar, que dispensa associações, Medellín é a segunda maior cidade da Colômbia, e riquíssima em cultura como a capital Bogotá.Surpreendente é um adjetivo extensivo à Colômbia …

... , emphasizing different muscle groups, bones, internal organs, veins, etc.  It was pretty interesting.  At the Museo de Antioquia (which has free entry at the moment!) we checked out some sculptures and paintings by Fernando Botero.  The ...

... and got out in town. Like in a marathon (but still taking time to enjoy each of the "targets"), I visited El Museo de Antioquia (formed mainly by the paintings and sculptures of Fernando Baretto, the richest artist alive, and the one known for paining ...

... famous artist. His paintings and sculptures are united by their proportionally exaggerated, or "fat" figures. I also went to the Museo de Antioquia which has loads of art collections from pre-Hispanic to modern day. I was great, plus they had audio ...

... and some wine. We headed off the following morning to seek out some of culture that Medellin is so famous for. First stop was Museo de Antioquia which houses pre-Hispanic, and colonial art collections and most notably the collection of Fernando ...

... meteen een flesje bier in onze hand gedrukt. Hoezo gastvrijheid om half elf ´s morgens! ´s Middags zijn we naar MUSEO DE ANTIOQUIA gegaan. Daar was een tentoonstelling ingericht over kunststukken van BOTERO. Botero is denk ik de bekendste kunstenaar ...

... Skulpturen zuzuschauen. Natürlich habe ich auch selbst posiert - ist ja obligatorisch! Gleich an diesem Platz ist auch das Museo de Antioquia, das eine sehr schöne Sammlung von Gemälden und Plastiken aus dem 19. und 20. Jahrhundert besitzt aber auch ...

... away without actually laying eyes on his tomb. As well as wandering around the out of town cemetery, we visited the Museo de Antioquia. This was a great museum, but some of the exhibits were slightly scary. That´s because they were alive. There ...

... city on your own. We visited the right side with the Metrocable, different places like the The Metropolitan Cathedral, Botero sculptures outside of Museo de Antioquia and Palacio de la Cultura, Plazuela de San Ignacioand a lot more. The City is full of ...

... can't appreciate in seven days. The least I could do is visit the city's version of every city's traditional museum. And the Museo de Antioquia is not a bad mix of the old and new. One of the attractions is the Fernando Botero collection, rooms full of ...

... throughout. These sculptures were donated by Botero to his hometown of Medellin. We also saw the numerous Botero works at Museo de Antioquia which he also kindly donated. The Museum had more of an extensive range of Botero works, far different from that ...