Miguel Ángel Rojas at the Reina Sofía: Conceptual Art and Social Critique Without Censorship

The art of “human misery” by Colombian artist Miguel Ángel Rojas: an exhibition that “probably” could not be shown in his home country today
The Reina Sofía Museum unveils a retrospective dedicated to this major conceptual artist, amid the controversy surrounding the removal of artworks from museums by De la Espriella
The exhibition *La noche* (The Night), by 80-year-old Colombian artist Miguel Ángel Rojas (born in Bogotá), currently on display at the Reina Sofía Museum, serves as a constant interrogation of the challenges the world faces today: migration, education, the natural environment, the rights of LGBTQ+ individuals and Indigenous peoples, drugs, and colonization. As one reads the labels accompanying the more than one hundred pieces displayed throughout the galleries, questions remain suspended—a point noted by Manuel Segade, director of the...
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