• After two years of limitations for the event, ARTBO | Fin de Semana proposes a plan of free tours to enjoy the best of art in Bogota.

• For three days, between April 22 and 24, 2022, ARTBO | Weekend presents six art circuits where you can enjoy the highlights of art in Bogota: Historic Center, Macarena, San Felipe, Chapinero Central, Teusaquillo, Chapinero Norte.

• 56 exhibition spaces, including galleries, museums, foundations and self-managed spaces, have joined this initiative of the Bogota Chamber of Commerce to open their doors free of charge and welcome all those interested in recognizing the city through its artistic practices.

Weekend, an initiative of ARTBO, the arts program of the Bogota Chamber of Commerce, celebrates the reunion through art. With more than 180 activities, this initiative seeks to take over the city by visiting the most outstanding exhibition spaces.

ARTBO | Weekend was born 7 years ago and, after two years of restrictions due to the health emergency, returns to its traditional format with a rich program that can be enjoyed free of charge between April 22 and 24, 2022.

There are 56 spaces, including galleries, museums, foundations and self-managed spaces, with which ARTBO | Weekend proposes a reactivation model for the sector: a way of recognizing the city through artistic practices and an exercise in citizenship that involves revisiting museums, galleries and spaces that host the most outstanding exhibitions of national and international artists.

Galleries, spaces and circuits

ARTBO | Weekend invites the public to explore Bogota through tours of six art circuits -Historic Center, Macarena, San Felipe, Chapinero Central, Teusaquillo, Chapinero Norte-, which will have special activities and exhibitions. All activities are free of charge.

To facilitate the tours, ARTBO | Weekend will have bus routes to facilitate access and transportation between the participating spaces and throughout the city. Pre-registration can be done through this link.

Loaded with History - Historic Downtown Circuit

La Candelaria is one of the main cultural points of the historic center of Bogota. The largest concentration of museums is located in this sector. Here, the public can visit spaces such as Fragmentos, Espacio de Arte y Memoria, which proposes a constant reflection on the effects and ruptures of the Colombian armed conflict, the Cinemateca de Bogotá, Espacio Odeón, LIA Faro, Fundación Gilberto Alzate Avendaño - FUGA, Museo de Arte Miguel Urrutia - MAMU, Museo Santa Clara and the Claustro de San Agustín.

Between coffee and good food - Macarena Circuit

Recognized as one of the first bohemian neighborhoods of the city, the cultural offer of La Macarena is framed by small cafes and restaurants that are organized around the Independence Park. To the north are La Plaza de Toros de Santamaría and the Torres del Parque, and to the east you can visit traditional galleries and institutions. This circuit is made up of: the Bogota Planetarium**, National Museum of Colombia, Alonso Garcés Gallery, Espacio El Dorado, SN maCarena, Museum of Visual Arts - Jorge Tadeo Lozano University, Museum of Modern Art of Bogota - MAMBO, Estación Terrena and NC arte - Atrio.

The new, the young - San Felipe

Historically a residential neighborhood, it owes its recent development to the growth of the artistic sector that has taken over the area. For the past eight years, cultural managers and investors have promoted San Felipe as the city's arts district. Today, more than ten galleries, numerous artists' workshops and other spaces have centralized here a large part of the emerging artistic offerings of Bogota. In this circuit, attendees will be able to visit SGR Galería, SKETCH, Instituto de Visión, PLECTO Espacio de Arte Contemporáneo, 12:00 (Doce Cero Cero Galería), Espacio KB, LGM Galería, Proceso, Galería Elvira Moreno, Adrián Ibáñez Galería, Plural Nodo Cultural, Proyecto Binario, La Casita and the Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Bogotá - MAC, with a special route of displacement.

The link between the north and the center of the city - Circuito Chapinero

The Chapinero district is home to the largest number of commercial art spaces representing both emerging and established artists. This sector is made up of two circuits and includes the neighborhoods of Quinta Camacho, Rosales, Parque de la 93 and Chicó.

Chapinero Central: Comprised of Galería Sextante / Taller Arte Dos Gráfico, Desborde Galería, La Balsa Arte, Otros 360°, Casas Riegner, Ocre Galería, Casa Hoffmann, Mmaison Galería, Cámara de Comercio de Bogotá - Chapinero, Christopher Paschall and Nueveochenta.

Chapinero Norte: La Cometa Gallery, Montenegro ART Projects - MAP, FORO.SPACE, Beatriz Esguerra Arte, El Museo Gallery, Espacio Continuo, LA Galería and Pop-Up Gris Galería.

Teusaquillo Circuit

Located in a locality characterized by an architecture with strong English and French influence, in recent years its huge houses have been transformed to accommodate spaces reserved for art and culture. In this tour you will find spaces such as: Salón Comunal - Pop-Up Policroma, Museo de Arte de la Universidad Nacional, Casatinta, Taller Trez and the recently inaugurated mor charpentier gallery. For a complete list of galleries, routes, spaces and participating artists, please go to artbo.co

**Intervention

Under the premise of touring the city through art, ARTBO | Weekend in its latest editions has proposed a component to revisit the most iconic architectural spaces of the city. The Monumento a los Héroes, the Faenza Theater and the Colpatria Tower have been the stage to host large-format artistic proposals in an exercise of in situ installation, which promote the incorporation of new art languages, offer an immersive experience of living arts and put them in relation with the audiences that enjoy the tours.

This year will be no exception and for the 2022 edition, with the support of the District Institute of the Arts - Idartes, the Bogota Planetarium will be intervened. For three days, the public will be able to enjoy free of charge the installation and immersive experience: Swallowing the universe, shitting an ant: sketches of a constipated thaumaturge. NIETO, a collective installation, curated by Santiago Gardeazabal.

In addition, ARTBO | Weekend will present other free activities through the Forum and Editorial Encounter components.

Foro, the series of conversations on the most relevant topics in contemporary art, will be held at the Chapinero headquarters of the Bogota Chamber of Commerce (Calle 67 #8-32, floor -1) and will be curated by Ana Castella in collaboration with Liaisons, following the thematic axis of restoration.

This space will also host the Editorial Encounter, a component that explores the book as an artistic medium. This section will bring together 41 independent publishing projects to reflect on the use of matter, practices that promote new orders and the creation of these as a transformative act.