We have linked you to Fernando Botero’s amazing paintings before. Some of them are now on display at US Berkeley, Center for Latin American Studies at the Doe Library. Botero himself will open the exhibit today, Monday January 29th.
“Anti-American it’s not,” Botero said emphatically. “Anti-brutality, anti-inhumanity, yes. I follow politics very closely. I read several newspapers every day. And I have a great admiration for this country. I’m sure the vast majority of people here don’t approve of this. And the American press is the one that told the world this is going on. You have freedom of the press that makes such a thing possible.”