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The latest in film-related news from the island
02/13/12
New book about Hemingway in Cuban moving-image media. El mito Hemingway en el audiovisual cubano (The Hemingway myth in Cuban audiovisual production), by scholar Miryorly…
On history, kitsch, and Architecture “with a capital ‘A’”
02/02/12
As he prepares for the 2012 Havana Charrette taking place later this month, Havana architect and urbanist Julio César Pérez paused to talk with Cuban…
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…
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…
10/06/11
Hard Light: The Work of Emilio Sanchez. Last night, Books & Books in Coral Gables, Florida was the scene of a lively discussion with Rafael…
A conversation with the author of ‘To and From Utopia in the New Cuban Art’
08/10/11
Rachel Weiss is a professor of arts administration and policy at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, who has been traveling to…
Exclusive excerpt from the forthcoming biography of Tomás Gutiérrez Alea
03/19/11
After yesterday’s interview, film historian Juan Antonio García Borrero shares with Cuban Art News an excerpt from Hasta cierto Titón, his forthcoming biography of the…
Juan Antonio Borrero writes an "intellectual biography” of noted film director
03/17/11
To state that Juan Antonio García Borrero (b. 1964), of the Cuban province of Camagüey, is the most important Cuban film historian of the past…
A new book on the avant-garde artist includes 300 images of his work
03/17/10
Cuban painter and writer Carlos Enríquez (Zulueta 1900- Havana 1957) was one of the leaders of Cuban modern art. His works are in the holdings…
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…
“A Curator´s Look” includes texts on 18 Cuban artists
01/05/10
The publication of Mirada de Curador (A Curator´s Look), a new book on contemporary Cuban art, will be celebrated at the National Museum of Fine…
Opens in February at Lowe Art Museum
12/16/09
The Lowe Art Museum at the University of Miami will host Cuba Avant-Garde, Contemporary Art from the Farber Collection, February 6 - April 4, 2010.…
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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
