Museo de Antioquia

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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