Bogotá Auctions, a space open to collectors and art lovers

In October, the doors of Bogotá Auctions, the country's first auction house, are open to collectors, art lovers, and the general public, offering a fascinating tour of prints and multiples, as well as exquisite pieces of decorative art and design. This is an invitation to discover how materials, forms, and creative gestures interact with each other over time, blending tradition and modernity in a single setting.

An exhibition carefully curated by experts in art history and decorative arts reveals how prints—through their ability to multiply the image—democratized access to art, while elevating the technical virtuosity of great artists. Alongside them, pieces of design and decorative art stand out not only for their formal beauty, but also for the ingenuity with which they transform the everyday into the extraordinary.

The proposal is conceived as a journey: first, contemplation in the gallery through a free, open-access exhibition, where visitors can linger over prints, multiples, and decorative objects; then, the unique experience of the live auctions, with all the excitement of raising the palette and competing for one or more pieces.
The first appointment after visiting this exhibition is on Thursday, October 9th at 8:00 p.m., with a wide and varied selection of pieces by leading artists in 20th-century national and international art history.

According to Charlotte Pieri, general director of Bogotá Auctions, “The catalog covers a wide variety of styles, including classical modernism, neo-figuration, variations of Pop Art, geometry, kinetic art, contemporary photography, and several examples of sculpture.

One of the most prominent names in the auction is Rufino Tamayo, considered one of the fathers of Latin American “modernism.” His work Niño con pájaro, a mixography (a technique created by the artist) that combines the characteristic Mexican pink with a peculiar search for textures, is offered as one of the most representative pieces of this style.”

In turn, Alessandro Armato, expert director of the auction house's Art Department, states that "within Latin American modernism, Palombes by Alejandro Obregón also stands out, an etching of great symbolic and art-historical value dating from the mid-1950s, when the artist, after his stay in France, was defining his mature language. Also on offer is Sol Negro by Fernando de Szyszlo, notable for its expressive colorism and pre-Hispanic resonances expressed through the visual language of the neo-avant-garde. A representative piece by the American Robert Motherwell, who represents international modernism, is included.
Pieces by Luis Caballero, Umberto Giangrandi, Leonel Góngora (the iconic Miss Pimm, from 1982), and the Mexican José Luis Cuevas refer to the different strands of neo-figuration. In the expressionist sphere, a rare etching by Débora Arango, coming to auction for the first time, is also on offer. her characteristic unconventionality in the representation of women.”

National pop music is represented by an important group of works by Beatriz González, including Ya llegado la fecha II (1980), the Homenaje a Caravaggio by Ana Mercedes Hoyos, and pieces by Maripaz Jaramillo and Álvaro Barrios.

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