Casa Tres Patios is a non-profit, artist-run organization located in the Prado Centro barrio of Medellin. It opened in 2006 when U.S. based architect Tony Evanko came to Medellin on a Fulbright exchange, searching for a more fulfilling outlet to which he could dedicate his efforts and benefit society. The project works to promote contemporary art [...]

Photos and text by Mateo Garcia

Downtown Medellin is a world all its own; a place where white-collar Paisas mingle with teenagers from the comunas in search of the latest, brightest fashions. Home to early generations of Medellin’s corporate culture as well as its first “centro comerciales”, El Centro is known for attracting people from all [...]

Parque Explora in Medellin is currently hosting a once in a lifetime photo exhibition/travelogue by Richard Evans Schulte (1915-2001), a botanist and gifted photographer who spent years in the Amazon during the 1940s. The exhibit is entitled “Amazonia Perdida.”
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There is a lot of it happening in Medellin, Colombia this week. Festival season is here and the city is alive with a fiery buzz, albeit a lot of the antsiness is about getting off work early to go drink with friends in the streets. It is no secret that Colombia is inhabited with very [...]

This interview first appeared in issue #2 of The Arepa.
Whether you are in the city slums or an upper-class borough, a wave of brilliant street art is descending upon Colombia. Yet these artists remain mysterious, known only through their cryptic signatures. Some of their stencil work peeks out of corners, while others pieces stand out, [...]