Culture and arts

This section brings together resources related to the various artistic and cultural expressions of Venezuela, organized into subcategories such as museums and galleries, literature and publishing, music, film, theater and dance, visual arts, photography, and traditions and folklore. Here readers can access information on venues such as the Fundación Museos Nacionales or the National Art Gallery, learn about music projects such as El Sistema, or explore institutions devoted to cinema such as the CNAC (the National Cinema Center) and Villa del Cine. It also includes publishers, bookstores and theaters such as the Teresa Carreño Theater, useful for those seeking to delve deeper into Venezuelan artistic and cultural production.

Most of these websites are in Spanish.

Museums and galleries

  • Fundarte fundarte.gob.veOfficial

    Public Venezuelan foundation supporting culture and the arts.

  • Centro de Arte Contemporáneo Caracas centrodeartecontemporaneo.comOfficial

    Virtual gallery with editions by Venezuelan and Latin American artists

  • Fundación Museos Nacionales fmn.gob.veOfficial

    Official body that manages Venezuela's national museums, including Bellas Artes and Arturo Michelena

  • Galería de Arte Nacional (GAN) vereda.ula.veOfficial

    Portal of Venezuela's first museum institution dedicated to national visual arts

  • Galería Freites galeriafreites.comOfficial

    Gallery of modern and contemporary art with locations in Caracas, Miami and Madrid

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Literature and publishers

  • Librería Bookstore Venezuela libreriabookstore.com

    Online store for physical books in various genres with shipping within Venezuela.

  • Libros.ccs librosccs.com

    Online store for used books and accessories.

  • Libronomia libronomia.com

    Online bookstore of books and literary content.

  • El Sótano elsotano.com.ve

    Online store for books, music and entertainment.

  • Tinta Violeta entintavioleta.com.ve

    Blog or website on literature, writing and culture in Venezuela.

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Music

  • Grupo Otilca otilca.org

    Ecosystem for education, culture and social innovation, with a music and radio school.

  • Instrumentos Musicales Allegro instrumentosallegro.com.ve

    Online store for musical instruments and equipment for musicians in Venezuela.

  • Fiesta 106.5 FM fiesta106.fm

    Radio station broadcasting folk music programming and Venezuelan culture.

  • Dale Play dale-play.com

    Music and audio content platform in Spanish.

  • High-level institute for musical and artistic training, part of the National System of Orchestras.

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Venezuelan cinema

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Theater and dance

  • TeatreX teatrex.com.ve

    Platform or service related to theater and the performing arts in Venezuela.

  • Teatro Teresa Carreño teatroteresacarreno.gob.veOfficial

    Venezuela's main theater, host of concerts and cultural events.

  • Danzahoy danzahoy.com

    Digital magazine dedicated to contemporary Venezuelan dance, its history and its key figures

  • El Teatro - Venezuela el-teatro.com

    News and theater listings portal with a section dedicated to the Venezuelan stage

  • Teatro.com.ve teatro.com.ve

    Platform with the current theater listings in Venezuela, including plays, venues and scheduled performances

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Visual arts

  • Academic institution specialized in engineering and habitat that provides services to Venezuelan society.

  • IUDLM iudlm.edu.veOfficial

    Las Mercedes Design University Institute with programs in design and visual arts.

  • Educational institution for visual arts.

  • Rebelarte rebelarte.com.ve

    Venezuelan cultural and artistic space or platform.

  • Anuncios Caracas anuncioscaracas.com.ve

    Digital magazine on innovation, technology, science and digital culture in Venezuela and Latin America.

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Photography

  • Venebuses venebuses.com

    Interactive photo archive of buses and transport companies in Venezuela.

  • Public institution for the promotion, training and documentation of photography in Venezuela.

  • Venescopio venescopio.org.ve

    Platform that explores and documents the cultural diversity and people of Venezuela.

  • Alberto Pomares Photography albertopomares.comOfficial

    Commercial and advertising photography portfolio of products, food and architecture from Caracas

  • Archivo Fotográfico Fundación John Boulton fundacionjohnboulton.orgOfficial

    Collection of thousands of historical Venezuelan photographs from the 19th and 20th centuries, from daguerreotypes to postcards

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Traditions and folklore

  • Fundación Bigott fundacionbigott.org

    Nonprofit organization dedicated to preserving and promoting Venezuelan cultural traditions and folklore.

  • Venezuela Futbol venezuelafutbol.com.ve

    Website dedicated to the history of Venezuelan football as told by its key players.

  • Centro Nacional de Artesanía reddearte.gob.veOfficial

    Public institute dedicated to promoting, developing, and marketing Venezuelan handicrafts.

  • Venezuelan Sephardic Jewish community offering religious, educational and cultural services.

  • Artesanías de Venezuela artesaniasdevenezuela.com

    Portal dedicated to showcasing and promoting the work of Venezuelan artisans and their traditional techniques

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