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Spring Auction Preview

New York’s Latin American auctions kick off this Thursday, May 23, with the 4 p.m. sale at Phillips de Pury, followed by Sotheby’s on Tuesday, May 28 and Christie’s on Wednesday, May 29. Cuban art is well represented at all three auction houses. Here are a few of the lots we’ll be watching.

At Factoría Habana, Artists Respond to Urban Change

“El ardid de los inocentes” (The Cunning of the Innocents) presents the work of eight artists who explore the subversive, at times paradoxical, nature of change in the urban environment.

Bookshelf: Photography, Art, Architecture, E-Books, and an Interview

Recent publications, a few familiar names and faces, and news of interest, including an interview with Teresita Fernández, first published in a 2010 book and now online.

Features

Cinema Before the Revolution

The Performance Art of Carlos Martiel: Blood, Epiphany, Revelation

Preview: Cuban Films at Havana New York Film Fest

Interviews

Servando Cabrera Moreno: Eroticism, Revolution, Folk Arts

In Focus: Esterio Segura on “Goodbye My Love”

In Conversation: Janet Batet on Cachita: The infinite lightness of being