Costa Rica en la Pared is leading participants through the streets of San José for an exploration of the city’s street art for the 5th and 6th time. Within the Safari of Urban Art they will look for graffiti and civil art, as well as wall art.
Díaz's work is known for his details, crowd scenes and his sharp wit. He touched on themes of inequality, corruption, political life and tiquicia in general – and he was very funny.
Costa Rican painter, Fernando Obando's new exhibit in Santa Ana features a series of 11 self-portraits, but not just any self-portraits: Obando has painted himself in different time periods throughout history in order to explore how humanity reached its current state.
The comic features 17 different characters, including Carilo, a child obsessed with soccer; Jimmy, who believes in aliens; and Mariela, an environmentalist who wears a heart in honor of sea turtle conservationist Jairo Mora.
Tonight's auction at the National Gallery, housed within the Children's Museum in downtown San José, will feature more than 100 art pieces by different renowned artists, including Man Yu Fung paintings, and raise money for children's charities.
The Costa Rican-North American Cultural Center (CCCN) is celebrating 70 years as cultural bridge between the United States and Costa Rica. It is an English teaching...
A total of 20 pieces are on display, using media including paint, animation, videos and mixed media on paper. The current exhibit is called Tándem, a reference to the process both artist went through to prepare and coordinate their work: peadling together, as on a tandem bicycle, to attain a unique artistic outcome.
“Over View” is a touring exhibit that features five Costa Rican videographers. This is good for the home team, and it’s exciting to see creative Costa Ricans featured prominently, but the exhibit’s real achievement is its diversity.
This ambiguity has always been the most challenging aspect of TEOR/éTica, the small, avant-garde gallery in Barrio Amón. Each piece must be taken individually, and even then, visitors may feel lost.
“Painting helps me with the existential feeling of being trapped between the ugliness and beauty of the world,” says Griffin-Zúñiga. “It’s the first time I’ve been able to put energy behind an artistic pursuit in a consistent way.”
Costa Rican investigators say they have identified members of the police forces who allegedly helped the criminal organization led by Alejandro Arias Monge, known...
Nicaragua’s government will brief foreign diplomats on a proposed reform aimed at excluding opposition parties from elections, co-president Rosario Murillo said Friday, following criticism...
A forensic technique Brazilian federal police are using to trace illegally mined Amazon gold points to a capability Costa Rica has conspicuously lacked in...
Costa Rica has raised the activity level at Rincón de la Vieja Volcano to “precaution” following a sustained increase in eruptions and volcanic mudflows....
