Culture Archives - Havana Times

How Artists Rethink the US/Mexico Border Water Crisis

In this Border Chronicle feature article Caroline Tracey writes on taking back the Rio Grande/Rio Bravo as a river, not a border checkpoint.

Peggy Shand from Canada took our photo of the day: “Heaven Is Under Our Feet and Over Our Heads”, in Bartolome Maso, Cuba

One of the Authors of the Grammy Winning Cuban Protest Anthem ‘Homeland and Life’: “My life would be in danger in Cuba.”

It sounds like the title of a song, but it’s not—it’s just what happened recently. It was one of those blackout Sundays.

Artists from Cuba, Venezuela, Mexico, Brazil, Chile, and Argentina gathered in Havana for an International Urban Art Encounter. (29 photos)

“Art is about healing, about helping people keep their sensitivity, fall in love with what they see, feel, build new emotions.” (13 photos)

The Mariano Rodriguez Gallery in Villa Panamericana, presents “Images that Converse With Themselves: Portraits of Cuban Artists.” (16 photos)

With his death, Mario Vargas Llosa has closed the door on the most splendid era of our literature. The light, however, will remain on.

Within its premises, it houses two valuable museums: the Museum of Anthropology and the Felipe Poey Museum of Natural History. (30 photos)

This week, a critical article by singer-songwriter Silvio Rodríguez about the situation in Cuba sparked intense debate on the island.