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Island urbanist Julio César Pérez brings a discerning eye to his guided tour
01/31/12
For architect and urban planner Julio César Pérez, Havana is both a treasury of architectural history and a vibrant reflection of contemporary life on the…
The 2011 review from La Jiribilla continues with solo exhibitions, auctions, and more
01/17/12
In the second installment of this two-part survey of visual arts in Cuba in 2011, Mabel Machado looks at solo exhibitions, awards, publications, auctions, and…
From the online cultural journal La Jiribilla, a close-up look at the year in Cuban art
01/16/12
Described by the U.K. website Publishing Perspectives as a “de-facto digital library of Cuban culture,” the online journal La Jiribilla celebrated its tenth anniversary in…
01/09/12
Luis Cruz Azaceta in New Orleans. From collapsing economies to the consequences of climate change, the instability of global affairs has been, for many of…
The Swiss photographer looks back at his years on the island and his classic book, Le Visage de la révolution (The Face of the Revolution).
01/02/12
Arriving in 1961, Swiss photographer Luc Chessex spent several years in Cuba documenting the revolution and life on the island. In an interview with Manuel…
A candid conversation with the photographer behind one of the year’s most talked-about books
12/07/11
With its glamorous depiction of Havana’s beautiful and well-connected “creative class,” Michael Dweck’s Habana Libre (Damiani editore, 2011) puts an unexpected spin on life in…
09/29/11
Campos-Pons in Nashville. It’ll be a busy couple of weeks in Tennessee for the Boston-based artist, whose María Magdalena Campos-Pons: Journeys opens on October 7…
09/12/11
Alexandre Arrechea in Europe. In the Cuban Art News in-box last week, a quick email from Alex Arrechea: “Just returned from Dublin where I was…
09/08/11
Amelia Peláez at MoMA. In her review of the Museum of Modern Art’s new installation of its permanent collection, New York Times art critic Roberta…
“Cosas Ocultas” and “Body Memories” Feature Four Provocative Artists
06/03/11
The “¡Sí Cuba!” festival continues to bring intriguing visual artists and their work to New York this season, including two recent two-person exhibitions: Cosas Ocultas,…
New Photography Show Examines Three Eras in Modern Cuban History
05/10/11
With its new exhibition, A Revolutionary Project: Cuba from Walker Evans to Now, The J. Paul Getty Museum in Los Angeles presents three distinct moments…
Center for Cuban Studies hosts spring series on contemporary Cuban art.
04/26/11
Beginning Thursday, April 28, and running through Thursday, June 9, the Center for Cuban Studies in New York City is presenting a series of talks by…
Christiane Amanpour Talks with Elliott Erwitt and Roberto Salas
12/23/10
“Che did not like having his picture taken too much. About that, I have a personal theory.” Roberto Salas was on stage at The Times…
The Cuban Art News Interview with ICP Curator Brian Wallis
09/23/10
On Friday, September 24, Cuba in Revolution opens at New York’s International Center of Photography (ICP). Showcasing approximately 150 images, the exhibition looks at Cuba…
Photojournalists from around the world turned their cameras on the guerrilla struggle
09/20/10
This month, two photography exhibitions focusing on Cuba before, during, and after the Revolution are on view in New York City. The first, Constantino Arias,…
Candid shots portray the everyday pleasures, stark poverty, and political unrest of Cubans in the 1940s and ’50s
09/16/10
Opening September 16 at the Center for Cuban Studies Cuban Art Space, Constantino Arias - The Years Before: Havana 1945-1958 presents the work of a…
Photographs to debut at Miami Book Fair International
08/31/10
More than 40 images of Cuban poet José Lezama Lima, taken four decades ago by photographer Iván Cañas, will be shown for the first time…
With Mosquera’s hiring, the Spanish photo festival broadens its international scope
08/05/10
The PhotoEspaña International Festival of Photography and Visual Arts, presented each June in a different part of Spain, has appointed a Latin American curator as…
Photos depict the town of Arataca, inspiration for author Gabriel García Márquez’s "Hundred Years of Solitude"
06/22/10
For almost sixty years, Colombian photographer Leo Matiz (1917-1998) depicted the town of Arataca in his images—the same town that author Gabriel García Márquez used…
At L.A.'s MoLAA, traditional photography meets contemporary art
03/03/10
At the Museum of Latin American Art in Los Angeles, Changing the Focus: Latin American Photography 1990-2005 presents contemporary photography from Mexico, Central and South…
Famed photographs of Castro and Che by Alberto Diaz (Korda) to be sold in London
02/26/10
British auction house Dominic Winter has announced that original photographs by the Cuban photojournalist Alberto Diaz—popularly known as Korda—will be presented for sale on March…
Past and present come together in a photo exhibition at Harvard
02/18/10
When American photographer Cathryn Griffith journeyed to Cuba in 2003, she discovered music, the Cuban mojito, and the equivalent of an urban architectural museum. In…
Cuban artist Magdalena Campos-Pons re-interprets the hopeful image of President Obama
01/06/10
When Barack Obama assumed the US presidency, it raised Cubans´expectations about possible changes in the relations between the two countries. Various US initiatives have positively…
More than 70 images portray the Cuban Revolution in the 1960s
12/15/09
The Valencian Institute of Modern Art (IVAM) recently opened Miradas Reveladoras (Revealing Looks), a show of more than 70 photographs taken during the early years…
Exhibition recalls her intense life
12/09/09
More than 60 black-and-white photographs, taken in the Mexico of the 1930s by Italian revolutionary political activist Tina Modotti (Udine, Italy 1896-Mexico 1942), are currently…
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02/22/12
Blanton curator nets top award; Cuba exhibit opensAustin 360, Texas, USA -
02/21/12
In a land of equality, racismHarvard Gazette, USA -
02/20/12
Lizt Alfonso Dance Cuba comes to Joburg and CTArtslink, South Africa -
02/20/12
Interview: Ballerina Viengsay Valdés in Vancouver, CanadaStraight.com, Canada
- 02/21/12 - Update: Garaicoa at Centre Pompidou, Ana Albertina in Miami, and a Retrospective in Havana
- 02/16/12 - Work in Progress: “Cubanacan: A Revolution of Forms”
- 02/13/12 - Cine Cuba: A Film News Roundup
- 02/08/12 - Update: Acosta and Barroso in Madrid, Aguilera in Atlanta, a Castañeda Homage to Gego, More
- 02/02/12 - The Making of “Inside Havana:” A Conversation With Julio César Pérez
- 01/31/12 - “Inside Havana:” An Insider’s Look at the City and Its Architecture
