NEW YORK, NY.- Cuban Visions is a contemporary Cuban art exhibition that will open to the public from May 27 through June 1, 2011 during a citywide celebration of the Cuban culture in New York City. Cuban Visions aims to present Cuban culture and reali…
Fundación Cuba Avant-Garde Announces 2010 Grant Winners
NEW YORK (CUBAN ART NEWS).- Fundación Cuba Avant-Garde, the sponsoring organization for Cuban Art News, has announced the recipients of its first round of grant funding. The foundation supports the work of U.S.-based nonprofit cultural organizations, …
Christiane Amanpour Talks with Photographers Elliott Erwitt and Roberto Salas
NEW YORK (CUBAN ART NEWS).- “Che did not like having his picture taken too much. About that, I have a personal theory.” Roberto Salas was on stage at The Times Center in midtown Manhattan, holding court with fellow photographer Elliott Erwitt…
Wifredo Lam Painting Sets New Record at Art Basel Miami Beach
MIAMI, FL (CUBAN ART NEWS).- Minutes after the opening of this year’s Art Basel Miami Beach fair, Cernuda Arte gallery sold Wifredo Lam’s 1944 painting Les Fiancés for $3 million, setting a new record for work by the artist. Cuban Art News spoke w…
Cuban Curator Gerardo Mosquera Chosen New Curator of PhotoEspaña International Festival
By: Cuban Art News
HAVANA.-The PhotoEspaña International Festival of Photography and Visual Arts, held every June in different places along Spain, has appointed a Latin American curator its coordinator for the next three editions. The choice fell on t…
First U.S. Exhibition for Cuban Painter Raúl Martínez at Magnan Metz Gallery
NEW YORK, NY.- Magnan Metz Gallery presents for the first time in the United States an exhibition of personal work by Cuban painter Raúl Martínez (Ciego de Avila, 1927- Havana, 1995), considered one of the most influential artists in Cuba’s hist…
Surrealist Wifredo Lam’s Afro-Cuban Mythology Meets Salvador Dalí’s Personal Myths
ST. PETERSBURG, FL – Two new exhibitions which opened at the Salvador Dalí Museum this fall highlight the diverse ways Western and non-Western mythology enlivened Surrealism. Wifredo Lam in North America is the first U….
Contemporary Cuban Art Opens at the Katonah Museum of Art
KATONAH, NY.- Very few of us have had the opportunity to experience the rich culture of Cuba by visiting the island nation. The Katonah Museum of Art will bring some of that culture to us when it opens Cuba Avant-Garde: Contemporary Cuban Art from the …
The Katonah Museum of Art to Exhibit "Cuba Avante-Garde"
Katonah,
NY –
Very few of us have had the opportunity to
experience the rich culture of Cuba by visiting the island nation.
The Katonah Museum of Art will bring some of that culture to us when it
opens Cuba Avant-Garde: Contemporar…