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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.

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Cuban Police Detained Artists During Peaceful Demonstration Honoring Writer José Martí

Avatar photo by Valentina Di Liscia January 27, 2021January 28, 2021

Tania Bruguera and Katherine Bisquet were among those detained prior to a peaceful demonstration convened by the 27N Movement in front of the Ministry of Culture in Havana.

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Art and Freedom of Expression in Cuba, Throughout the 21st Century

Avatar photo by Pablo Helguera December 17, 2020December 18, 2020

As Cuban authorities continue to target artist Tania Bruguera, Pablo Helguera publishes, for the first time, his 2015 essay on Bruguera’s attempt to stage a public performance on free speech.

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Artist Tania Bruguera Detained in Havana For the Third Time in a Week

Avatar photo by Valentina Di Liscia December 7, 2020December 8, 2020

“We must use the right definitions: KIDNAPPING,” said Deborah Bruguera, the artist-activist’s sister.

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Tania Bruguera Asks the Internet to Acknowledge Cuba’s Political Prisoners With Virtual “Chorus”

Avatar photo by Valentina Di Liscia August 10, 2020November 5, 2020

Following the death of Yosvany Arostegui in police custody, the Cuban artist asked people to record themselves reading the names of 102 current political prisoners out loud.

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Tania Bruguera Among Artists Detained in Cuba Before Protest Against Police Brutality

Avatar photo by Valentina Di Liscia June 30, 2020November 5, 2020

Bruguera was arrested in her home under pretenses of “pandemic contagion,” preventing her from attending a demonstration against the killing of Hansel Ernesto Hernández Galiano.

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Artists Demand Removal of Their Works From Aichi Trienniale in Open Letter

by Hakim Bishara August 13, 2019August 23, 2019

The letter, signed by 10 artists participating in the triennial, called the decision to close the exhibition After ‘Freedom of Expression?’ an “unacceptable act of censorship.”

Posted inArt

What Revolution Might Look Like

Avatar photo by Seph Rodney April 22, 2019April 22, 2019

This show is different from many of the previous at the 8th Floor gallery precisely because it is so intertwined with the theme of voices and their sounds.

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.

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After Release from Cuban Jail, Tania Bruguera Files Defamation Case Against Government

Avatar photo by Jasmine Weber December 18, 2018December 18, 2018

After months of protesting against Decree 349, a proposed government sanction that would censor the arts, Bruguera will take legal action “against parties who have damaged myself and my family, psychologically, socially and professionally.” Lawyers say it is the first legal case of its kind.

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Tania Bruguera and Other Cuban Artists Released from Jail, Government Curtails Law Censoring the Arts

Avatar photo by Jasmine Weber December 7, 2018December 7, 2018

Numerous Cuban artist-activists were detained for protesting Decree 349, but have been released as the law is reassessed. Cuban Vice Minister of Culture Fernando Rojas tells the Associated Press that more precise regulations will be published in upcoming days, but that “artistic creation is not the target.”

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Artists Arrested in Cuba for Protesting Decree Censoring the Arts

Avatar photo by Jasmine Weber December 5, 2018

Cuban artists were arrested after planning a sit-in at the Cuban Ministry of Culture to protest Decree 349, which puts in place unprecedented censorship of the arts and will take effect December 7.

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