Visual Arts

Visual Arts

Tomas Lara - An interesting Work

By: Marita Porto

For Cuban sculptor Tomás Lara, the greatest compliment he can expect from someone watching his work is not to have it considered expressive, beautiful or striking, but rather interesting, because according to him, it would mean that the piece of art was capable of motivating and getting that person involved in the creation.

A different Abela

By: Ilsa Rodríguez

Technique, humour and experimentation seem to be key words in the work of painter Eduardo Miguel Abela Torrás, a third generation artist who is now on the list of unavoidable names of contemporary Cuban painters.

Laura Portilla, Passion for Photography

By: Jenny Silveira

From a very young age, Laura Portilla knew that she would have a career in photography and, while in pursuit of this dream, she arrived at Havana's Institute of Design. Here, she was able to explore her craft and receive the necessary tools which enabled her to skilfully capture and frame the world around her, elegantly interpreting the culture and landscape with the use of a camera lens.

Creating Beauty Zaida del Río

By: Charly Morales Valido / Photos: Courtesy of Zaida del Río

A few steps from the boisterous Plaza de Armas, an ancient wooden staircase winds into the fascinating universe of Zaida del Río: her personages, sketches, strokes and spirits engulf spectators with creations by one of the most prolific Cuban plastic artists.

Aisar Jalil Martínez, a Formidable Painter

By Reina Magdariaga Larduet, Photos: Courtesy of Aisar Jalil Martínez

The world needs to know about the formidable artistic work of prestigious Cuban painter Áisar Jalil Martínez, native of the central province of Camagüey and who is of Lebanese descent.

Manuel Padrón, Passion for the Image

By: Anelí Ruiz García, Photos: Courtesy of Manuel Padrón

Manuel Padrón's universe is centered around the image. Self-taught, he has become successful in photography and audio-visual, his main motivation being Cuba and its people.

Mario Garcia Portela Portraits of Woods

By: Ilsa Rodríguez Photos by José Meriño and Courtesy Portela

Painter since childhood, professor for most of his life and a fine artist always, Mario García Portela has dedicated himself to being an exceptional landscape painter, both urban and rural, for the twenty years since he left his teaching job to do so.

Sleeping with...

By: Cristina Díaz

Sleeping with… is the photo exhibition of artists Enrique Rottenberg and Carlos Otero showcased during Photography month in November at the Cuban Photo Library. This exhibition caused intense emotions and enormous interest in both the public and critics. In direct contrast to the incessant public spectacle with which the lives of Cubans tend to be perceived, immersed in music and unmotivated bustle and clamour, this exhibit tells a different story.

Roberto Loreto.Old Havana, My Great Muse

From February 23 to 27, 2015, the next Habanos Festival will take place in the Cuban capital, what has become a must-attend event for all lovers of the best tobacco in the world.

Reflection Liborio Noval

With the piercing look of a lens master inspired by scenes from Andorra and Cuba, Liborio Noval moves us closer to an unsuspected dimension of human imagination with these unusual lyrical images.

Abel Ernesto in Pictures

Abel Ernesto Rubio Estrada (December 3, 1973) is a photo-journalist for the Agencia de Información Nacional (AIN), which he first joined in 2009 as graphic editor. Rubio studied at the Enrique José Varona Pedagogical Institute in Havana, where he majored in English, and also studied Photography at the José Martí International Institute of Journalism.

The Human Race: A CUBAN-AMERICAN ART EXCHANGE

Havana’s National Museum of Fine Arts (MNBA), and The Studios of Key West (TSKW), Florida announce Part II of “One Race, the Human Race,” a two-part project encompassing an exhibition of works by famed American playwright and painter Thomas Lanier “Tennessee” Williams III (March 26, 1911 – February 25, 1983), author of many stage classics such as The Glass Menagerie, A Streetcar Named Desire, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, among many others, and “Stainless” the young three-man collective of Alejandro Pineiro Bello, Jose Gabriel Capaz and Roberto Fabelo Hung, three young artists fresh out of Havana’s San Alejandro Academy of Fine Arts equally embody bravado, seduction, and humor and whose works are provocative.

José Luis Fariñas Precision in Art

By: Mireya Castañeda Photos: Courtesy of José Luis Fariñas

José Luis Fariñas (Havana, 1972) is a graduate of the San Alejandro Academy of Plastic Arts and studied at the University of Art, in Havana, from 1991 until 1995. He has held more than thirty personal exhibitions and participated in 140 collective ones both nationally and internationally.

José Fuster, When Dreaming is no Longer Utopia

By: Damián Estrada

Coming to the town of Jaimanitas in the outskirts of Havana and entering the house of the multifaceted Cuban plastic artist José Fuster can be a challenge for eyes not used to seeing beyond the obvious. An endless number of handmade sculptures made of flagstone and glass and other countless objects made by Fuster welcomed us at his cherished Fusterlandia, a place which allows the dreamer to imagine things beyond what this planet allows him to see. After an introductory coffee, this modern prophet agreed to answer our questions.

Moret an All-round Artist

By: Mercy Ramos, Photos: Courteousy of the artist

Born and bred in Havana, ever since he was a young child Maikel was taken with repairing clocks and figuring out how electrical and mechanical devices worked which, along with his passion for classical music, brought him to the fascinating world of lutherie. He eventually took lessons from a prestigious Italian luthier.