The chairman of Excelencias Group, Mr. Jose Carlos de Santiago, attended -last Friday in Havana- the launching of the 15th edition of our Arte por Excelencias magazine, an issue that turns out to be the most visible element of the project that shares name, which is already four years old.
De Santiago talked about the importance of connection among the elements of the project: Espacio Cultural Excelencias in Madrid, AxE News digital newspaper, the printed magazine and its correlate on www.arteporexcelencias.com. “This join work is the responsible of our achievements to date when it comes to promoting Latin American and Caribbean artists” –he pointed out– “the magazine’s spaces are, logically, limited, but the web gives us an extraordinary scope, we can reach out to an infinite amount of potential readers; and the gallery provides an opportunity to physically exhibit what we promote in both means. They complement each other and it makes us reliable.”
The presentation words were delivered by researcher and art critic Rafael Acosta de Arriba, who weighed up the magazine’s timespan in terms of the most significant representatives of contemporary art in Latin America and the Caribbean, through artists, events and prestigious companies that have collaborated with Arte por Excelencias over these four years. We are going to publish the text specially written by Acosta de Arriba for this event.
The launching was conducted by the editor of the magazine, Nelson Herrera Ysla, who thanked once again the support provided by the Group when it comes to the need in Cuba of spaces to review and reflect on contemporary visual realm, as well as the institutions and companies that collaborated with this event, among them the Cuban Institute of Art and Filmmaking Industry, Pernod Ricard (promoting Jameson brand), Cuba Ron, Ciego Montero and Atelier restaurant.
