Alastair Smart is an art critic at the Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph.

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Sumando Ausencias by Doris Salcedo in the Plaza de Bolívar. Photo: © Oscar Monsalve; © Doris Salcedo

‘The Plaza de Bolívar has become a canvas and protesters the artists’

The Plaza de Bolívar in Bogotá is the beating heart of Colombia, a place where protesters and artists (including Doris Salcedo) routinely gather

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