Discovering Gego
As a Venezuelan growing up abroad, seeing for the first time the work of this magnificent artist, at a Mexican museum, made me realize the distance my generation has with many masterworks of my country’s culture
Tag: Culture
A Small Homage to Gaita
Time and distance stoke the flames of the family memories that Zulian gaita conjures. Gaita is the genre that ties Zulianos together
The First Animated Venezuelan-American Family on American TV
Caraqueña comedian Joanna Hausmann, head writer and co-producer of the animated series Hamster and Gretel, tells the story of the show that premieres on August 12th on Disney Channel
How Vicente Emilio Sojo Rescued ‘Niño Lindo’
This beloved aguinaldo and many others would be totally unknown to us, if Maestro Sojo and his disciples wouldn’t have collected and transcribed them a century ago
Hallacanomics 2021
How has the bodegón economy affected the ingredient availability and price of Venezuela's favorite Christmas dish? Let's see
How Patricia Van Dalen Trapped the Colors of the Tropics
This Miami-based visual artist strayed away from the kinetic art path, in order to explore the light in public and private works of art that see the world with Venezuelan eyes
Dubai Expo 2020: a Perfect Platform for Maduro’s Propaganda
Since the 19th century, the Expos have been selling a specific view of technical progress. Now they sell autocracies such as chavismo and its allies, too
Lía Bermúdez, Timeless Sculptress and Champion of the Arts
Venezuela just lost one of its most important artists, who left us both an important body of art and a legacy of management and promotion of culture
A History of Sexual Abuse in Venezuela’s Lauded Youth Orchestra System
The cases called out during the Venezuelan MeToo aren’t the only ones. We spoke to some of the victims, the organization, and specialists to get a wider picture of how bad the situation is
Karina Sainz Borgo: ‘I Don’t Believe There's Such a Thing as a National Literature’
Two years after the explosive success of It Would Be Night in Caracas, this journalist and writer from Caracas discusses the complexities of turning the Venezuelan tragedy into a universal story
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