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Inclusion or Ambiguous Views

At the end of last year, Cuba’s museum of dissidence scheduled an event dedicated to gender violence called “Mi cuerpo es mio” (My body is mine).

An Art Gallery for Absent Minds Spreads across Havana

There are hundreds of drawings, some of which are murals that are over 20 meters wide, making the most of the faded white which prevails on walls of buildings that have partially collapsed over the past few decades. (7 photos)

Independent Cuban filmmakers in New York’s Museum of Modern Art

An exhibition on independent Cuban film will be shown in March at New York’s Museum of Modern Art. This is an unprecedented event within Cuba’s cultural scene, there’s no doubt about that.

Frida Kahlo in Managua

We associate Frida Kahlo with those thick eyebrows, the flowers in her hair, and the colorful Mexican attire. According to the experts, all this was part of “a great performance” that also became her artistic image.

Yomer Motejo: the Cuban X-ray Artist

When Yomer Montejo entered a medical imaging booth for the first time, he had never thought about transforming medical negatives into art, much less about exhibiting them in Paris.

Gioconda Belli: Poetry Can Defy Racism and Bigotry

Author Gioconda Belli urged narrators and poets gathered in Granada, Nicaragua for the annual International Poetry Festival to exercise the power of the word “against all odds” to defend the world from racists and fanatics.

Spicy Joke “Fools” at the Havana Book Fair

The writer, screenwriter and filmmaker Eduardo del Llano pulled off a playfully joke at his own award ceremony and laughed with those attending the event at the 27th International Book Fair of Havana.

The 10th Havana Times Cuba Photo Contest Now Open

Our 2018 Cuba Photo Contest is now officially open for sending in your entries.

Cuba Book Fair Opens with China as its Main Guest

The 27th International Cuba Book Fair opens Thursday in Havana with China as the guest country and a tribute to historian Eusebio Leal, architect of the restoration of Havana’s old quarter.

Sony to Distribute Thousands of Works by Cuban Musicians

The multinational Sony will distribute internationally the catalog of the Cuban musical company EGREM, which has more than 10,000 works of diverse genres and renowned musicians such as Benny More, Chucho Valdes and Omara Portuondo.