The prestigious Vogue Italia magazine featured Miguel Betancourt in its chronicle on how the international creative community—articulated through the Imago Mundi project—responded to the global lockdown. Under the motto “When home is the globe”, the article explores the reflections of artists from over 160 countries facing an unimaginable reality.

From his studio in Quito, Betancourt shared with the Italian publication the emotional weight of distance, with his daughter and granddaughter in Europe. This feeling translated into a radical transformation of his aesthetic: his works, renowned for their vibrant color palette, turned monochromatic. As Vogue highlights, this shift toward black and white is a visual response that “translates the silence and solitude of this period of restrictions.”