Visual Arts

Visual Arts

Pepe Menéndez: A lifetime to create

By: Roxana Consuegra / Photos: José Alberto Menéndez

For thirty years design has served as his compass in life and has been his life’s work. A prolific career led by the hand of innovation and the spirit of an artist has been that of renowned Cuban designer José Alberto “Pepe” Menéndez. His portfolio ranges from editorial projects, branding, album covers, books, catalogs and, above all, posters. On various occasions he has curated retrospective expositions on traditional Cuban posters.

NARVÁEZ BOULEVARD: old warehouses, new community projects

By Mercy Ramos, Photo: José Meriño

Considered the first modern urban development on the island, the city of Matanzas is currently focused on rescuing its cultural heritage. All the hard work in doing so becomes clear when visiting the well known Narváez Boulevard. The famous walk has been part of a zone reactivation program for the last couple of years.

Uruguay artist Fernando Foglino Exhibits in Havana Biennial

Prensa Latina

As part of the activities for the 13th Biennial of Havana, Uruguayan artist Fernando Foglino inaugurated his exhibition Evidencia, a selection of replicas of stolen pieces of historical monuments from his country.

Cuba Hosts 21st International Graphic Humor Biennial

Prensa Latina

Graphic humorists from 43 countries are competing in Cuba from March 31 to April 3 in the framework of the 21st International Graphic Humor Biennial in San Antonio de los Baños, southwest of Havana.

Awarded Photographer of Prensa Latina and Cubaplus

Cubaplus

Photographer José Meriño (Tito), lens professional of Prensa Latina News Agency and magazines Cubaplus and Cubaplus Latinos, was awarded the Special Mention of the Prize Juan Gualberto Gomez for his excellent work in the year 2018.

Testimony of a Cuban plastic artist

Cubaplus

This is a lovely article, congratulations, these words brought tears to my eyes and I’m honoured that you thought of including me and my modest work in your marvellous magazine.

Open-hearted

The austerity of formal language and the use of minimal, essential resources make Rafael San Juan’s sculptures an organic and coherent body of work within the contemporary Cuban art scene.

JULIO LARRAMENDI, passionate about image

By Mercy Ramos, Photos: Courtesy of Julio Larramendi

You can’t talk about photography in Cuba without mentioning someone whose work has pushed him to the top of a select group of lens artists.

Cuban Fabrica de Arte Nominated to World Travel Awards

Prensa Latina

The Cuban Art Factory (Fabrica de Arte) (FAC) was nominated for the World Travel and Tourism Awards, for the third consecutive year, announces today a statement from the institution.

Creators from Several Countries to Honor Design Biennial in Cuba

Prensa Latina

Creators from several countries will converge at the 2nd Havana Design Biennial to be held from May 20 to May 26, 2019, a statement from its organizers announced on Tuesday.

Fiart 2018 Opens in Cuba with Exhibitors from 19 Countries

Prensa Latina

The 22nd International Handicrafts Fair, Fiart 2018, opened in Havana with the participation of exhibitors from 19 countries and Mexico as a guest nation.

Photo Exhibition on Cuba-Japan History Opens in Havana

Prensa Latina

The photo exhibition ''Japanese Scenery 120 Years Ago'', which deals about Japanese immigration in Cuba, opened at the House-Museum of Asia in Old Havana on Friday.

Alcides Pérez Toledo, Continuous Reinvention

By Beatriz Laffita, Photos: Courtesy of artist

Over many years Alcides Pérez Toledo has made engraving his expressive vehicle par excellence. His confessed passion for etching rests on the many-faceted possibilities of that medium and there isn’t a mystery of the universe that is unknown to him if it has to do with presses, moulds or engraver’s chisels.

Tomás Núñez, Sculpting Paintings

By Beatriz Laffita, Photos: courtesy of artist

To define Tomás Núñez as a sculptor would be to disregard a big part of his creative process. While some of his work definitely classifies as sculpture, other pieces resist definition within established categories. If they had to be classified, the most reasonable description might be to call them works that aim to conquer space.

The Continuous Meditations, on Landscape of Rafael Villares

By Beatriz Laffita

Taking a succinct walk through the history of art or more specifically the history of painting we can see that landscape has passed through various chapters in which its importance to artists has waxed and waned. For centuries it was seen as a mere backdrop, a view ripped to shreds by the genius of true masters who in certain works, without perhaps even meaning to propose it, forged a glorious path that would be tread in the nineteenth century by the Romantics, the Impressionists and the post-Impressionists who brought out the virtues of landscape as both an experiment in form and a channel for the restless angst of the human soul.