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José Manuel Fors awarded 2016 National Prize for Visual Arts

Havana-born artist José Manuel Fors (1956) received the 2016 National Visual Arts Prize in recognition of his successful career and experimental work with photography and installations.  

Cuban Film Takes Grand Prize in the Canary Islands

HAVANA, Cuba.- Cuban fiction film Conducta (Behavior) by movie maker Ernesto Daranas won the Grand Prize at the Insularia-Islas Film Festival in Tenerife, the Canary Islands.   According to the

Bob Dylan recognized with Nobel Prize for Literature 2016

Stockholm.- The Swedish Academy today awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature 2016 to the American musician Bob Dylan for creating a new poetic expression in the great American tradition of the song. &

Cuban Erick Jon Wins Akademia Music Award in Los Angeles

HAVANA, Cuba.-  Cuban singer and composer Erick Jon has recently won an Akademia Music Award, a prize given by the homonymous institution based in Los Angeles, the United States.    Th

Adriana Minoliti and Laura Eldret: new winners of the Gasworks and Urra residencies

Within the alliance between the arteBA Foundation and the Gasworks and URRA residencies, the second invitation was announced in May, during the 25th edition of arteBA, for Argentine and UK-resident art

Colombian Film Obtainst Highest Number of Platinum Awards

Punta del Este, Uruguay.- The Colombian film ''El abrazo de la serpiente'' (''The embrace of the snake'') won seven Platinum Awards on Monday, including for the best Ibe

Cuban dancer wins Youth America Grand Prix gold medal in New York

Young Cuban dancer, Narciso Medina, won the first place in the senior category at the Youth America Grand Prix (YAGP) which just wound up in New York.   The seventeen-year-old student at the Cu

2016 National Awards of Monuments Restoration and Conservation to be presented

By: Freya Matos   The Francisco de Arango y Parreño House and the Güines Chalet, private house built in 1951, were the winner buildings in the categories of Restoration and Conservat

International Award Granted to Cuban Flamenco Work by Irene Garcia

Havana.- Cuban flamenco dancer Irene Rodriguez was granted The award for Excellence for the best choreography, given during the International Meeting of Ballet Schools. She was given the award at the

Iván Nápoles: 2016 National Cinema Award winner

Renowned photographer, Iván Nápoles, was presented with the National Cinema Award, consisting of a work of art by famous Cuban artist Nelson Dominguez.   Nápoles won the aw