Art
The Masterful, Unsettling Work of a Female Cuban Printmaker
UCLA's Fowler Museum has organized the first solo museum show in the US for Belkis Ayón, a black Cuban artist who was a master of collography.
Cuba
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News
Cuban Authorities Detain Dissident Artist the Day After Castro’s Death [UPDATED]
While exiled Cubans reveled in the death of the ruthless leader, artist Danilo "El Sexto" Maldonado Machado was taken from his home in Havana and thrown in prison.
Art
A Pioneer and Champion of Mid-20th-Century Cuban Modernism
Loló Soldevilla, an artist and catalyzing presence in Havana during the 1950s, presents a fascinating figure through whom to revisit this decade and the phenomenon of Concrete Cuban art.
News
A $2.5 Million Statue Casts a Long Shadow on the Bronx Museum’s Cuban Initiatives
Sometime early next year, a monumental sculpture of the Cuban writer and national hero José Martí is expected to rise on Havana's busy Paseo del Prado.
Art
A Photojournalist's Previously Unpublished Images of Fidel Castro's Cuba in the 1960s
“What would your State Department say if they knew you had been kept incommunicado in the Sierra Maestra with [me] for three days?” Fidel Castro asked Lee Lockwood, an American photojournalist, during a rare, smoke-filled seven-day interview in 1965.
Art
Cuban Book Art: Ediciones Vigía and the Beauty of the Everyday
From the beginning the idea has been to create beauty from that which is readily available in a world of hardship and extreme scarcity.
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Artist Invites Havana Locals into His Studio for Free High-Speed Wifi
Artist Alexis Leiva Machado, who works under the pseudonym Kcho, has partnered with Google to bring high-speed wifi to the Cuban public at rates nearly 70 times faster than services currently available — and at no cost to users.
Interview
Seeing the World from Nature's Many Perspectives
Brooklyn-based artist Teresita Fernández is well known for using unconventional materials and creating large-scale sculptures and installations that draw our attention to visual perception.
Art
Made in Cuba but Exhibited in LA
SANTA MONICA, Calif. — As US–Cuba relations begin to thaw, a pop-up art show continues the decades-long work of cultural diplomacy by Cuban artists.
News
Amnesty International Calls for Release of Cuban Dissident Artist
Earlier this week, Amnesty International issued an urgent call for the release of Cuban graffiti and performance artist Danilo Maldonado Machado, also known as El Sexto.
News
Tania Bruguera Will Help NYC Provide Services to Undocumented Workers
In the past few days, Tania Bruguera has made numerous headlines once more, following the lifting of her travel ban and return of her passport in Havana, as well as major announcements supporting her work in New York.
Art
At the Havana Biennial, a Project Reflects on the Legacy of US Sanctions
French artist Didier Faustino offers a poetic reflection at this year's Havana Biennial on how five decades of sanctions have impacted Cuban youth.