• SiewchTravelerColombia 2015
    There was an item in the exhibits in support of same sex marriage.
    A Botero painting.A Botero painting.A Botero painting.A Botero painting. I keep thinking about the Ferret's "WTF?" facial expression.A Botero painting depicting Pablo Escobar's death scene.A Botero painting depicting a car bomb detonating.A Botero painting of a matador.A Botero hand sculpture.The interactive exhibit featured mirrors that turned us "gordo".Jeff playing with the selfie app that turns your visage Botero-like.My not-very-successful attempt at a Botero-esque selfie.Our view of Plaza Botero from the museum.

    Museo de Antioquia

    June 21, 2015 in Colombia ⋅ ☁️ 30 °C

    A visit to Medellin is not complete without viewing Fernando Botero's art and sculptures. On my first full day in Medellin, after Jeff established a new world record in master's 3M springboard, we trooped out to the Museo de Antioquia with a number of his master’s diver friends.

    We took the Metro from Estadio, where the competition was held, to Parque Berria and walked one block to the museum. This museum is excellent and it is the most fun museum I've been to. Not surprisingly, the works of Medellin's most famous (noncriminal) son take center stage at this museum. Many of Botero's works were on show. His signature visual is “gordo” or voluminous, and his paintings and sculptures featured proportionally large people, animals, and other figures.

    The top floor of the museum featured a number of fun interactive exhibits, including one exhibit in which you to made your own Botero-inspired selfie and another which featured animations of Botero paintings.

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