{
  "id": 9013981,
  "title": "Rituals: Art, memory and the rituals that hold communities together",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/21/rituals-art-memory-and-the-rituals-that-hold-communities-together-9013981",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-09-21T21:06:37.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The City Paper Bogotá",
    "slug": "the-city-paper-bogota-thecitypap",
    "url": "https://thecitypaperbogota.com/culture/rituals-art-memory-and-the-rituals-that-hold-communities-together/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "An exhibition titled \"Rituales\" at the Banco de la República in Bogotá showcases 19 contemporary artworks exploring the significance of rituals in modern life. The collection encompasses a wide range of practices, from healing ceremonies and religious traditions to symbolic landscapes and ancestral knowledge. Artists such as Astrid Milena González, Gabriel Silva, Luis Fernando Zapata, Adriana Ciudad, Gonzalo Fuenmayor, Andrés Quintero, Tahuanty Jacanamijoy, and Yuli Andrea Cadavid create works that examine identity, memory, resistance, and the interplay between nature, culture, and spirituality. Through their diverse approaches, the artists highlight the enduring power of rituals in shaping human connection and understanding.",
  "summary": "A new exhibition at the Banco de la República in Bogotá brings together 19 recently acquired works exploring spirituality, ancestral knowledge, memory and the rituals of everyday life. In a world defined by acceleration, information overload and increasing disconnection, the ritual has taken on a renewed significance. It can be a ceremony, a prayer, a […]",
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        "outlet": "The City Paper Bogotá",
        "title": "Rituals: Art, memory and the rituals that hold communities together",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/21/rituals-art-memory-and-the-rituals-that-hold-communities-together",
        "published": "2026-09-21T21:06:37.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
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