In February this year, Holly Willats (Director, Art Licks) and independent curator Lily Hall stayed in Bogotá, Colombia for one month in residence at FLORA ars + natura. In the last few years Bogotá’s arts scene has found itself under the spotlight as one of the burgeoning global creative centres. Art Licks' aim during this residency was to explore the local art scene as much as possible, to meet with artists, curators, directors and writers to discuss what it is like to work in this city, and to see the realities behind this media boom.

Issue 21 of Art Licks is based on this time in Bogotá: the contributions are from artists, curators and writers who Holly and Lily met and felt inspired by. We do not intend for this issue of Art Licks to act as a guide for visiting Colombia, but instead continue in the same vein as all of the previous issues of the magazine: offering insight into what early career artists are currently concerned with, their experiences of working and looking at the support structures around them.

Texts feature in the magazine in both English and Spanish: translated by Andrés Monzón.

Launch
The magazine held launch events at both FLORA (Bogotá) and with The Bower (London).

With special thanks to the Arts Council England & the British Council for funding the Art Licks residency at FLORA.

Editor: Holly Willats; Design: Margherita Huntley; Printing: Artquarters Press