The police tried to cover it up, tampering with evidence and accusing Becerra of being an armed robber, but his parents and the city’s street art community were having none of it. There were ...

Within Colombia's boom, street art has emerged as a popular medium. Its recognition as a legitimate means of artistic expression within Bogota is encouraged by support from the city's mayor, and city ...

In 2011, the death of 16-year-old Diego Becerra started a dramatic shift in Bogotá’s relationship with street art. Becerra was illegally out spraying with friends, and was caught. Scared ...

While an artist in Europe or the U.S. can gain a criminal record, fine, or even jail for their work, here in Bogota street art is encouraged ... They published a book of their work this year.

The Australian Crisp is in a minority in Bogota — a foreign artist who has chosen to live in Colombia for the key reason that graffiti is not illegal. Crisp lived in England during the rise of street ...

This gritty city of 7.6 million rarely gets respect. It often ranks near the bottom in “liveability” surveys and near the top of the hemisphere’s ugliest capitals. But in recent years, it ...

Bogotá (AFP) – On Sundays in Ciudad Bolivar, one of Bogota's poorest neighborhoods, residents are treated to the incongruous sight of tourists riding the cable car that on weekdays transports ...