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A news item involving Fernando Botero was featured on Wikipedia's Main Page in the In the news section on 18 September 2023.

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ABSTRACT ARTIST??

To assert high up in an encyclopedia entry that Botero is an "abstract artist" strikes me as absurd, and renders the term "abstract" meaningless.

In a particular context, it might be fine for an art critic/historian to make such a counterintuitive assessment (and we have no footnotes for such a declaration here).

But on this brief page, it only serves to mystify the artwork. And there is no useful purpose in doing that.

I suggest this line be struck or altered. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Parisikov (talk • contribs) 17:39, 28 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

The Changes I Made Were Reversed by a ROBOT!!!

Please, someone else - a real person? - review those changes and see if they can be reversed. I don´t want the ROBOT to think I am spamming and until I find my password I may as well not contribute any more to Wiki.

PS: There´s no way Botero is an Abstract artist, though some of his early work relates to the abstract expressionist period that was big and which perhaps influenced some of his art then. 200.118.102.88 (talk) 22:36, 20 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Deletions

Weird, there was nothing about his life, I found one paragraph "early years" that had been deleted, but there is no information on where he has lived and when he moved to Mexico, for instance. Maybe somebody more knowledgeable than I can fix this article, it's in a sad state. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Drawn Some (talk • contribs) 17:27, 21 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Exhibition in Reno NV

Botero's art is currently being exhibited at The Nevada Museum of Art in Reno NV. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Bryanbabylon (talk • contribs) 01:45, 13 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Severely Stubbed, even now

This article was in far worse shape when I first ran into it a few years ago, but it's still in a sorry state. Botero is one of the most significant painters from Colombia and even South America, and he's only becoming more well-known in the art world -- to limit most of the breadth of the article to the Abu Gharaib paintings, a relatively minor and recent incident in the artist's long and illustrious career, displays a stunning myopia. Somebody please add in information and pictures of the man's whole repertoire. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 173.54.19.192 (talk) 20:56, 9 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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Great article it can be expanded. very important for wiki Colombia (Pgehr 14:09, 9 August 2007 (UTC))[reply]

Last edited at 14:09, 9 August 2007 (UTC). Substituted at 15:05, 29 April 2016 (UTC)

"Pope Leo X" "y tho" meme?

I feel like it should be mentioned that Fernando Botero's "Pope Leo X" painting has become a meme, frequently with the text "y tho" on top of the painting. 67.149.189.218 (talk) 02:16, 17 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Wiki Education assignment: College Composition

This article was the subject of a Wiki Education Foundation-supported course assignment, between 18 January 2024 and 6 May 2024. Further details are available on the course page. Student editor(s): Latinchica (article contribs).

— Assignment last updated by Latinchica (talk) 19:03, 12 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]