Los Putos Petas

Living in a cramped space where Beverly Hills and Calcutta meet every day, the artists gathered here explore the tension between wealth and poverty, among progress, stagnation, and improvisation, and between the violence and civility that animates the vibrant center that is Mexico City. Compounding the complexity of urban living, high rates of kidnapping, murder and pollution become a daily threat. For the rich, the body becomes an object to be cared for, protected, even exchanged for ransom, while, for an underclass of day laborers, homeless people, and prostitutes, survival depends on...

Durante la segunda mitad del siglo XIX, varias compañías itinerantes italianas de ópera se presentaron en Bogotá. En 1874, una de ellas estrenó la ópera colombiana Ester, ópera bíblica en tres actos de José María Ponce de León. Considerada la primera ópera escrita por un compositor colombiano, el libreto de la ópera se imprimió y vendió en 1874 para las funciones de la ópera. Esta publicación presenta la primera reedición del libreto completo de la ópera escrito por Manuel Briceño y Rafael Pombo, tal como fue publicado en 1874. La edición viene acompañada de una serie de ...

"MAJOR edition that presents paintings, sculptures, photographs, prints and drawings from the holdings of various museums that belong to INBA and selected from the perspective of an art historian. This fine edition is beautifully illustrated with full page color images and represents a unique reference of the different manifestations and movements of Mexican art especially during the 20th century, the creative period in Mexican art production that represents the largest part of the collection. Also present are representative examples colonial-viceregal paintings, and contemporary...

Kamal, an 11 year old boy, grows up in the Israeli occupied portion of Palestine where the Palestinian youth take up the only arms they can, rocks. There he struggles to find a peaceful solution to the problems affecting his homeland.