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Wiith the joy that the popular and traditional celebrations awaken Arte por Excelencias getsto its 46th edition. From its cover, it reveals everything: a comparsa from Los Guaracheros de Regla (Cuba), which invites the reader to explore the most beautiful traditions of Ibero-America and the Caribbean through its 104 pages.

In the old Palace of Justice of the city of Matanzas, now a cultural hot spot during the XIII Biennial, took place this Saturday, May 11, the presentation of the 45th edition of the Arte por Excelencias magazine together with other activities of this artistic sub-center.

The Arte por Excelencias magazine was presented in the city of Bayamo, National Monument, before the cultural authorities of the province, experts and the public gathered at the Ventana Sur Communication Center, for the inclusion of a Dossier on the 200 aniversary of Carlos Manuel de Céspedes, known as The Father of the Nation in Cuba.

The presentation of the 45th edition of the magazine Arte por Excelencias, which marks the date of its tenth anniversary, was made as part of the collateral activities of the XIII Biennial of Havana in the halls of the Gran Teatro de La Habana Alicia Alonso, presided over by José Carlos de Santiago, president of the Excelencias Group, Jorge Ignacio Coromina Sánchez, permanent correspondent in Cuba, and Alexis Triana, its editor in chief.

The city of Holguín gave José Carlos de Santiago, president of the Excelencias Group, the El Angelote Award in its twentieth edition, for the promotion of the values of culture in Ibero-America, and the founding and development of Arte por Excelencias magazine, which up to ten years of existence in the middle of the celebration of the XIII Biennial of Havana.

Just at nine o'clock in the evening and evoking past times, he began in the Covarrubias Room of the National Theater of Cuba, on the night of this February 20, the Tribute Gala that the Excelencias Group paid to the always noble and faithful Havana, very close to his 500th anniversary.

The closing session of the Ibero-American Colloquium of Cultural Magazines, held within the framework of the International Book Fair of Havana, was as motivating as those that preceded it. The Cuban Art Factory was the venue chosen for the presentation on Wednesday morning of the magazines Tornapunta, Guayza and Arte por Excelencias from the perspective of its architects.

The photographic exhibition En el ojo del ciclón authored by the Trinitarian photographer Yram Marrero Jiménez was inaugurated in the Open Space Gallery of the Ministry of Culture of Cuba, as part of the First Ibero-American Colloquium of Cultural Journals that ended the last February 13 at the Cuban Art Factory.

The publication of cultural magazines and their insertion into new technologies, the communication strategy to strengthen the promotion and visibility of these in Ibero-America, the promotion and encouragement of artistic and literary creation, the dissemination of cultural heritage in the region and the preservation of the digital cultural heritage will be the themes that will be addressed during the Ibero-American Colloquium of Cultural Journals that will take place from February 11 to 13, 2019 in the Cuban capital.