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...regret turning down any roles? -Sara Orozco, Bogotá I do. There was a period in my life when I was turning down parts for no reason except I didn't want to work. That's way back in the '70s. Even now it's very hard to know yourself as an actor. Only once in a while do you get a feeling for a role. I recommend watching The Dresser. It's a great movie if you want to know about actors...
With its collection of over 50,000 dazzling artifacts created in pre-Hispanic times, Bogotá's Gold Museum is one of a kind. Now, thanks to a recent government crack-down on crime and corruption, tourists are trickling back to Colombia's capital to gawp at the treasures firsthand...
True, armed soldiers patrol Bogotá's wide, modern streets, and you'd be wise to leave your jewelry in the hotel before you head out - but who cares when all that glittery stuff awaits you in the museum...
...fact, Botero knows tragedy firsthand, provided by both his country and his family life. Colombians call their most famous artist El Maestro, and he returns their affection. He's donated hundreds of his paintings and sculptures to museums in Bogotá and Medellín, as well as his entire personal collection of modern art, including works by Chagall, Matisse, Picasso and others he has purchased over the years. "As soon as [the donations] were made official, my father would walk through the streets and people would throw themselves at him," says his son, Juan Carlos Botero...
...these works as some of his most meaningful, and has donated them to the National Museum in Bogotá. Those paintings also draw criticism, however. "Most people said it was glorifying violence," he says. In 1995, Colombia's murky mixture of politics and gangsterism claimed a new victim: Botero's relationship with his eldest son, Fernando Botero Zea, a Harvard-educated politician who was Colombia's Defense Minister and a possible presidential contender. He was arrested on charges of accepting campaign funds for President Ernesto Samper from druglords and later convicted, spending nearly three years in jail. Devastated, Botero visited...