“There rises within me a rebellious spirit, that does not allow me to resign myself,” says Luis Manuel Otero Alcántara.
Cuba
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Over 200 Cuban Artists Call to Boycott State-Sponsored Cultural Events on the Island [UPDATED]
Tania Bruguera, Coco Fusco, and Tomás Sánchez are among artists urging the international art community to abandon the “political fantasy that Cuba is a socialist utopia.”
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Can You Buy the Time of a Political Prisoner?
Cuban artist Luis Manuel Otero Alcántara, who remains behind bars at the Guanajay maximum security prison, talks to Claudia Genlui Hidalgo about his latest — and unconventional — project.
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Luis Manuel Otero Alcántara Wins Prince Claus Impact Award
The jailed artist was praised for his activism against censorship and authoritarianism in Cuba.
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Blowback Explores the Messy History of US Interventionism
The well-researched podcast has done deep dives into US attempts at regime change in Iraq and Cuba, with its new season tackling the Korean War.
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Cuba Sentences Artist Luis Manuel Otero Alcántara to Five Years in Prison
Rapper Maykel “Osorbo” Pérez was sentenced to nine years.
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Luis Manuel Otero Alcántara Speaks Out From Prison Ahead of Trial
“I am an artist and a human being struggling to get out of this unjust prison, but every day my love of free and honest art grows firmer,” the persecuted artist said in a statement from a maximum-security prison in Cuba.
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Cuban Artists Test the Frontiers of Political Dissent
The artists in Umbral, or “threshold,” address the dystopia of voicing dissent on the island and the tension of existing as a Cuban citizen anywhere in the world.
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Carmen Herrera, Celebrated Cuban-American Geometric Artist, Is Dead At 106
The long-overlooked artist received her first museum survey at age 83.
Posted inOpinion
Racism Still Influences Cuban Arts and Culture
The question of race — however hidden, however camouflaged by the shouts of the crowds — is a constant theme and an unanswered challenge.
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Amnesty Launches Contest for Artists to Demand Closure of Gitmo Detention Camp
Despite international condemnation, and the promises of US Presidents Barack Obama and Joe Biden to shut down the facility, the detention camp continues to operate.
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As Boycott of Havana Biennial Gains Steam, Artists Withdraw
Ursula Biemann, Nicolas Bourriaud, and others said they will no longer participate in the event.
