Cuban Art News

In Los Angeles, Madrid and Havana, the Cuban Art Factory is in Full Swing

October 05, 2010

This week, we round up exhibitions by José A. Figueroa, Carlos Estévez, Carlos Garaicoa, and Abel Barroso, held in Los Angeles, Madrid, and Havana, respectively. Despite the ongoing global crisis, the Cuban art factory is going strong.

“Cuba in Revolution” Opens in New York

September 23, 2010

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 before, during, and after the 1959 revolution, through the eyes of more than two dozen photojournalists from Cuba and around the globe.

Earlier this week, Cuban Art News caught up with Brian Wallis, chief curator at ICP and co-curator (with Mark Sanders) of the exhibition. Here, Wallis explains the thinking behind the show, the revelation of Cuban work rarely shown in the U.S., and why Ernest Hemingway keeps turning up at ICP.

Through Foreign Eyes, Part Two: International Photographers and Filmmakers in the 1960s

September 21, 2010

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, opened last week at the Center for Cuban Studies; the second, Cuba in Revolution, opens this Friday, September 24 at the International Center of Photography. With that in mind, we asked Grethel Morell, a Havana-based historian of Cuban photography, for an overview of foreign photographers and their work in documenting the early years of the Revolution. Part One was published yesterday; Part Two appears here. Morell’s essay appears courtesy of the Cuban network Cubarte.

Through Foreign Eyes: International Photographers and the Cuban Revolution

September 20, 2010

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, opened last week at the Center for Cuban Studies; the second, Cuba in Revolution, opens this Friday, September 24 at the International Center of Photography. With that in mind, we asked Grethel Morell, a Havana-based historian of Cuban photography, for an overview of foreign photographers and their work in documenting the early years of the Revolution. The first installment appears here, with the second to appear tomorrow. Morell’s essay appears courtesy of the Cuban network Cubarte.

Rare images by Constantino Arias, "The Cuban Weegee,” on view in New York

September 16, 2010

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 little-known witness to Cuban life before the Revolution.