Interviews

A Young Innovator of Current Cuban Art

Maykel Sotomayor is a young creator of visual arts who is defining the path of this work on the island today. He’s motivated by what’s called object-oriented and landscape art; after he first dabbled in graphical humor.

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New York Students in Havana, Cuba

Like many universities in the United States, Sarah Lawrence allows students to spend a semester studying abroad, but it’s one of the few that sends a new group to Cuba every year. We spoke with Maya Anderson the alternate director of the college’s academic program with the University of Havana.

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Cuban Photographer Humberto Mayol

As we draw nearer to the work realized by Humberto Mayol in this past decade, we can note his ability to capture timeless images that respond to the ongoing and systematic dialogue of the social imaginary of humans in their time.

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Between the Brush, the Sword and the Light

“He’s not a well-known painter,” my friend said, “but the artist’s work is very interesting. Cesar Towie does cityscapes in watercolors.” This made me think old cars and views of the Capitolio Building or the Cathedral. However his work is of “ruins, shored up buildings, structures virtually destroyed.” (17 photos)

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Socialism or Death (Part II)

Abraham Ortiz is a Cuban who has lived the last year and a half in Spain. In his first visit back to the island he shares with us his perceptions of life across the Atlantic and here in Cuba. Today we bring you part two of his interview with HT.

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