The Indigenous Colombian civilization left behind many relics of note. Among those relics are gold masks and pendants, ancient textiles, ceramic effigies of mystical creatures, and an assortment of offerings for the gods. After the Spanish invasion in the 16th century, these wondrous creations were considered objects of crude superstition. Erell Hubert, the curator at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, has teamed up with members of the Arhuaco community of the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta region, to piece together the millennia-old meanings and stories that live in Colombian art. The 400 works in this exhibition date from 1500 B.C. to the present day. —Elena Clavarino