Cuban Art News

Update: Ayón in LA, La isla concreta in Sao Paulo, El silencio de Duchamp in Havana

September 29, 2016

In Havana, La Ciudad de las Columnas showcases the photographs of Ramón Martínez Grandal, while a cross-section of artists unveil works in London. Women artists respond to Ana Mendieta in Arizona, Cu4atro Caminos comes to Miami, and six Cuban artists head to Brooklyn in 2017.

Homoerotic Art in Cuba

September 22, 2016

In a conversation with Lidia Hernández Tapia, Eduardo Hernández Santos discusses his untraditional uses of photographic images, masculine beauty, and eroticism versus pornography.

Cuban Art in Miami: A Quick History Lesson from Ramón Cernuda

September 20, 2016

This spring, Ramón Cernuda of Cernuda Arte spoke at the Dialogues in Cuban Art symposium at PAMM. His topic: “Cuban Art in Miami, Past, Present and Future: Fifty Years in Fifteen Minutes.” Cuban Art News is pleased to present this valuable historical perspective, excerpted from his talk.

Sneak Preview: Carmen Herrera: Lines of Sight

September 15, 2016

At the media preview, Whitney director Adam Weinberg and exhibition curator Dana Miller spoke movingly about the Cuban-born Herrera’s art and her place in the art world. Cuban Art News offers an advance look at one of the season’s most highly anticipated exhibitions.

More Updates: Castañeda in Havana, Miradas indiscretas in Mexico City, Faces of Fidel in NYC

September 13, 2016

Consuelo Castañeda opens her first show in Cuba in almost 30 years, Rafael Domenech curates an exploration of domestic life in North Miami, and The-Merger solos in Tenerife. Photographer Eduardo García is a Magnum Award finalist, and a restored Memories of Underdevelopment screens at the New York Film Festival.