Botero's round figures breathe new life into classical masterpieces

Colombian artist Fernando Botero reimagined famous European artworks, such as the Mona Lisa, in his distinctive rounded style, known as 'Boterismo'. This style emerged in 1956 when he accidentally painted a hole that was too small in a mandoline, causing the instrument to appear to 'explode' in form and volume. According to gallery director Belén Herrera Ottino, exaggerating figures was...