Tuesday May 21, 2013

Servando Cabrera Moreno: Eroticism, Revolution, Folk Arts

This month, the artist Servando Cabrera Moreno would have been 90 years old. Housed in the Villa Lita, the Servando Cabrera Moreno Library Museum preserves his multifaceted legacy. Museum director Lourdes Alvarez and curator Rosemary Rodríguez talk with Maya Quiroga Paneque about the artist and the museum.

In Focus: Esterio Segura on “Goodbye My Love”

After being held up for ten days in U.S. customs, Esterio Segura’s public art piece Adiós mi amor (Goodbye My Love) was finally installed late last month in a pedestrian passageway just off Times Square. We caught up with the artist for a quick conversation about the work and its coming to midtown Manhattan.

In Conversation: Janet Batet on Cachita: The infinite lightness of being

Independent curator and art critic Janet Batet organized the recent Miami exhibition Cachita: The infinite lightness of being, which celebrated Cuba’s patron saint, La Virgen de la Caridad, through the work of contemporary Cuban artists living outside the island. She shared her thoughts about the show with Rafael DiazCasas.

In Conversation: Alejandro de la Fuente on Drapetomanía and Grupo Antillano

This Friday, April 5, Drapetomanía: Exposición Homenaje a Grupo Antillano opens at Galería de Arte Universal in Santiago de Cuba. In an email interview, curator Alejandro de la Fuente talked about Grupo Antillano, their Afro-Cuban focus, and how their ideas continue to resonate in contemporary Cuban art.

Tonel: “I’ve never stopped feeling Cuban”

As his solo exhibition at Factoría Habana enters its final weeks, Tonel discusses his creative process—and the differences between Havana and Vancouver—with Karina Durant
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