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As Boycott of Havana Biennial Gains Steam, Artists Withdraw

Avatar photo by Valentina Di Liscia October 18, 2021October 18, 2021

Ursula Biemann, Nicolas Bourriaud, and others said they will no longer participate in the event.

Posted inNews

Tania Bruguera Agreed to Leave Cuba in Exchange for Release of 25 Prisoners

Avatar photo by Valentina Di Liscia October 7, 2021October 7, 2021

The artist also called for a boycott of the Havana Biennial.

Posted inArt

An Insider’s View of the Cuban Art World and 2019 Havana Biennial

Avatar photo by Coco Fusco July 30, 2019February 24, 2020

In an in-depth interview translated from Spanish, artist and scholar Coco Fusco discusses the 2019 Havana Biennial and state of the Cuban art world with poet and cultural commentator Katherine Bisquet.

Posted inOpinion

Why I Will Not Go to This Year’s Havana Biennial

by Tania Bruguera April 15, 2019

I am not going to the 13th Havana Biennial because my struggle to achieve freedom of expression in Cuba, my defense of cultural rights, and my efforts to end political hatred among Cubans and defend the right to demonstrate in the streets are not limited to an event. It is my life mission.

Posted inIn Brief

Alternative Havana Biennial Organizers Detained After Filing a Complaint About Previous Detainment

Avatar photo by Benjamin Sutton November 22, 2017February 24, 2020

Curator Yanelys Nuñez Leyva and her partner, the artist Luis Manuel Otero Alcántara, were detained by Cuban police after filing a complaint related to Alcántara detention earlier this month.

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Cuban Police Detain Artist Planning Alternative Havana Biennial [UPDATED]

Avatar photo by Benjamin Sutton November 7, 2017February 24, 2020

Luis Manuel Otero Alcántara was arrested on Monday and accused of “illicit possession of construction materials.”

Posted inArt

At the Havana Biennial, a Project Reflects on the Legacy of US Sanctions

by Laura C. Mallonee June 22, 2015June 23, 2015

French artist Didier Faustino offers a poetic reflection at this year’s Havana Biennial on how five decades of sanctions have impacted Cuban youth.

Posted inNews

Artist Tania Bruguera Temporarily Detained During the Havana Biennial

by Ari Akkermans May 25, 2015June 9, 2015

Artist Tania Bruguera was detained by Cuban police yesterday in her Havana home after concluding the final reading of her project, the Hannah Arendt International Institute for Artivism.

Posted inArt

How Tania Bruguera’s Free Speech Performance Was Mishandled, and Misreported, in Cuba

Avatar photo by Carolina Drake January 7, 2015July 12, 2022

At 3pm on Tuesday, December 30, Cuban artist Tania Bruguera’s participatory performance “Tatlin’s Whisper #6” was scheduled to take place in the Plaza de la Revolución in Havana.

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Artist Tania Bruguera Allegedly Detained in Cuba Over Public Performance [UPDATED]

Avatar photo by Benjamin Sutton December 31, 2014January 4, 2015

The artist Tania Bruguera has likely been detained by Cuban authorities who prevented her from staging a performance yesterday in Havana’s Plaza de la Revolución, according to multiple media reports and the artist’s sister.

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Stumbling upon Serendipity at the Havana Biennial

by Janelle Grace June 8, 2012June 13, 2012

I have never felt I more fully embodied the role of “cultural tourist” than when I visited the 11th Havana Biennial for its opening week.

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