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Tenth Cuenca Biennial. Reality and new times

Q & A with Head Curator. José Manuel Noceda. The tenth edition of the Cuenca International Biennial –slated from Oct. 22 to Dec. 4 this year– will this time around have an expert from another co

Editorial - 3

Art by Excelencias puts its sight on the fine arts to address, in an updated fashion, the ongoing developments and their influence in the Americas and the Caribbean, such as the Central American Isthmu

One out of Eleven

An artist’s monographic book is not always breaking news. They do abound and usually pack a few wallops… The amazingly luring volume on Hugo Consuegra’s pictorial work is indeed an act of justice for L

claudio Antonio Gomez

Claudio Antonio Gomes was born in Belo Horizontes, Brazil, in 1972 and has lived in Salvador de Bahia over the past thirteen years. With a degree in Education at the Guidnard School, he’s been an illus

A Passion for Humor

One of those indispensable books is no doubt A History of Graphic Humor in Cuba, launched in 2007 as part of the History of Graphic Humor collection directed by the General Foundation of the Alcala de

Roberto Diago: The Nigro Enigma

There’s no social layer, group or status racism is at odds with. You may fall victim of racism no matter how deep your pockets are, the place where you live or the position you hold down. It’s clear

Between Us and the Interpreter: Minimal Notes on an Exhibit by Rene Francisco

It’s understood that Rene Francisco interprets in many ways, as if his doing allowed him to cover with just one stroke several meanings of such an expansive verb. On one hand, there-s no doubt that he

Four in a Drawer

Earlier today I skimmed through my archives and I drew out not one but four files at the same time. In the beginning, I’d thought about referring to the ties that once existed between two Caribbean art

A Shock in the Paradise of Symbol

In the history of conceptual art, there are works that live out where the idea dethrones the object or the material from its own invisibility of disappearance. So is the case of the mile-long tin rod b

RED. An exhibit of Cuban posters curated by designer Pepe Menendez Havana, 2009

Red is the color that corresponds to the lowest light frequency seen by the human eye. The red light’s wavelength is about 700 nm. The lowest frequencies, that is, the longest wavelengths, are called i