Update: Azaceta in New Orleans, U.S. Photographers Snap Cuba, Havana Charrette Coming Soon
Luis Cruz Azaceta, Egypt 2, 2011 Courtesy Arthur Roger Gallery |
Luis Cruz Azaceta turns global affairs into art, U.S. photographers unveil their views of Cuba, and there’s still time to join urban planners and architects in Havana--and to toast Flavio Garciandía’s new show in L.A., or catch Yoan and Iván Capote in Havana.
Bilko Cuervo: “I want the best of human beings”
Bilko Cuervo - photo courtesy of Havana Cultura |
Bilko Cuervo is the youngest of Cuban filmmakers focusing on short music videos, known on the island as "videoclips." In Jamaica, where he’s currently working, he spoke with Cuban Art News about this little-known Cuban genre, his experiences making videos, and working methods.
Luc Chessex: “The Country of My Dreams”
Photo by Luc Chessex from Le Visage de la révolution Courtesy Actuphoto.com |
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 Pereira, Chessex talked about his experiences, his photographic influences, and the face of the revolution today. Published last month on the Madrid-based website CubaEncuentro, the interview appears here in English for the first time.
Pérez in Havana, Urbanitas in Miami, and Bedia, Campos-Pons, and Celaya Closing Soon
At Pan American Art Projects: Gustavo Acosta, Displacement, 2010 |
Six videos by Marta María Pérez make their Havana debut, Urbanitas gathers an international crowd in Miami, and José Bedia’s 30-year retrospective nears the end of its run in L.A.
Cuban Music Around the World
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Cuba is being globalized, says Joaquín Borges-Triana, and the world is being Cubanized. The Havana music critic and journalist shares his top picks among Cuban music discs produced beyond the island.
Cuba in Cleveland: Artists in Residence at the CIA
Osmeivy Ortega, Emigrants, 2007 Courtesy Museum of Contemporary Art Cleveland |
Looking to promote a critical dialogue between generations of contemporary Cuban artists, the Cleveland Institute of Art is midway through six months of overlapping residencies, hosting artists born in the 1960s, ’70s, and ’80s. What do the generations have to say to each other, and to the cultural community in Cleveland?
The Farber Foundation Announces 2011 Funding Grants
Manuel Mendive, Nuestro Pan (Our Bread), 2007 |
The Howard and Patricia Farber Foundation, formerly Fundación Cuba Avant-Garde, has announced the grantees in its second round of funding. Projects winning support include a Manuel Mendive retrospective, the catalogue for an ambitious multi-museum show on Caribbean art, and a long-awaited book on Raúl Martínez.
Michael Dweck on Shooting “Habana Libre”
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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 the Cuban capital—one that would be right at home in the pages of Vogue or perhaps a Fellini movie. As he prepared a show of photos from Habana Libre—which opens tonight at Staley-Wise Gallery in New York’s Soho district—Cuban Art News caught up with the artist for a lively conversation on Cuba, farándulas, and the making of Habana Libre.
Update: Cuban Art at Nader Auction, Segura in Havana, Boleto Comes to MoMA
At Nader Auction: Enrique Martínez Celaya, The Heard and the Seen Courtesy Gary Nader Fine Art |
Lively bidding for Cuban art at Gary Nader debut auction, Esterio Segura solos at galería Servando, Boleto al paraíso encores in New York City, and Flavio Garciandía looks ahead to January.
Cuban Art at the Miami Fairs
Sold by Pan American Art Projects: Abel Barroso, La Visa, 2011 Photo by Fernanda Torcida |
This week, the international art world descended on Miami. As Art Basel Miami Beach celebrates its tenth year, South Florida museums, collectors, and a host of satellite fairs—Art Miami, Scope, Pulse, NADA, Red Dot, and Art Asia, among others—are offering an almost overwhelming number of exhibitions and events. But in the midst of the dizzying spectacle, where's the Cuban art?
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05/17/12
Paulo FG: a popular favoriteGranma, Cuba -
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Cuban Rap: Hermanazos, Peace and LoveHavana Times, Cuba -
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New York meets Cuba in art-fair chef exchangeNPR (National Public Radio), USA -
05/15/12
Contemporary Cuban Printmaking Is Celebrating at the Art SchoolCubaNow, Cuba
- 05/17/12 - “The Insomniac Eye,” Part 2: The “Cine Cubano” Discussion Continues
- 05/15/12 - The Insomniac Eye: Five Years of Blogging About Cuban Cinema, Part 1
- 05/10/12 - Update: Choco in Cambridge, Cuban Modernism in Miami, Los Carpinteros in Switzerland
- 05/10/12 - Havana Bienal – More Last-Minute Updates
- 05/08/12 - Havana Bienal – Last-Minute Updates, Part 1
- 05/03/12 - MoMA Documentary Program Tours Cuban Provinces
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