The Botero: Heart of Volume exhibition at Immersive Media Based Arts Theatre (IMBA) at Gardens by the Bay displays close to 130 original paintings and sculptures and will run until May 18. It is lauded as the largest showcase of Botero artworks in the world, and is the first and only stop in Southeast Asia. Jointly presented by IMBA and the Fernando Botero Foundation as part of IMBA’s launch last month, it offers anyone with a modicum of interest in art the rare treat of getting up close and personal with the maestro’s body of work in classical as well as groundbreaking style.
Discover the voluptuous world of Colombian painter and sculptor Fernando Botero (1932-2023) in the largest-ever global exhibition of his artworks and sculptures at Gardens by the Bay
Fernando Botero’s unmistakable style has secured his place as one of the great artists of our time. Boterismo, or the Botero style — characterised by exaggerated, rotund figures — landed on the island in larger-than-life fashion just in time for Singapore Art Week (Jan 22–31).
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