Visual Arts

Visual Arts

Havana on Her Canvas

By Heidy González Cabrera Photos: Courtesy Ileana Mulet

It is easy to recognize a painting by Ileana Mulet. She brings a sense of mischief to the vibrant Chagall-like tipsy urban landscapes, dropping hints inviting you to search for messages hidden in surprising shapes; she calls it the game of her creation.

Raúl Corrales Thinking through one’s eyes...

By: Rafael Acosta de Arriba

In 1959 a group of talented photographers emerged documenting and recreating the birth and early years of the Cuban Revolution.

And as if that wasn’t enough...

By: Miriam P. Casanellas, Photos: Courtesy of the artist

Rafael Pérez Alonso is a Cuban contemporary visual artist who has been steadily producing art for over thirty years.

A Glance at Cuba

Text and photos: Ripsime Biyazyan

North American student Ripsime Biyazyan visited Cuba recently on an academic trip and her camera lens captured diverse details of the country and its people.

By Ramón Iglesias. The image of smoke

By: Roberto F. Campos

With a delicate appreciation of the world of tobacco, this photographer captures the colours and nuances of space, objects, and living creatures.

Hasta Pronto

Afriend of Alfredo Sarabia wrote the following in the program for the 1st National Biennial of Photography - Alfredo Sarabia in Memoriam, 2003.

Photo-feature By Rupert Veron-Smith

Text by: John Kim

We first met Rupert last year on the patio of the Taberna de la Muralla, the brew pub in Plaza Vieja in Old Havana. I was there with a professional photographer from Barcelona and a friend from England.

Maykel Herrera, The Magic of his Dreamlike Gaze

By Prensa Latina / Photos: José Tito Meriño

Children, weapons, monoculars, household objects, animals and ancient images are some of the elements that distinguish Maykel Herrera’s work. This artist uses satire, irony and play to depict humanity’s most pressing problems.

Korda, The Work of an ESTATE

By Reinaldo Almira Naranjo

Cuban photographer Alberto Díaz Gutiérrez, better known as Alberto Korda or simply Korda, died on May 25, 2001 at the age of 72 in the city of Paris.

Yovani Caisés Almaguer’s Paths

Photos: Courtesy of the interviewee

Precision in drawing, the excellent handling of pigments and an intelligent and humanistic approach to modernity are characteristic of the work of Yovani Caisés Almaguer (Holguín, 1974), an artist who has achieved a unique harmony between academics, experience and inspiration.

Photo Feature: Alex Castro

Cuban landscapes, both urban and rural, have been the inspiration for many artists, embodying, as they do, the unique beauty of the tropics, whose rich colors can only be found in this region.

Andres Díaz Painting Poetry

By: Cary Chaviano Photos by José Tito Meriño

It pleases me to make poetry with a paint brush, because I am one of those who think the brush speaks when it describes the slender figure of a woman or as its refined strokes simply narrate the wonder that surrounds us," the young artist Andres Díaz told Cubaplus.

John Harden, Cuba through an English lens

By: Cosset Lazo Pérez / Photos courtesy John Harden

John Harden is a British photographer who is inspired by Cuba - the country’s architectural diversity, its immense natural spaces and its cultural traditions. Through his camera he captures the Caribbean nation’s past, present and future.

Luciano Méndez, the Art of Living with Art

By: Mercy Ramos Photos: José (Tito) Meriño and courtesy of the interviewer

Art is the projection of the inherent beauty of human creation through time, in any of its facets (as artist, collector or simple spectator,) Luciano Méndez said in an interview with CubaPlus magazine.

Korda, At last... the sea!

In 1969, after Korda Studios was nationalized, Alberto went to work for the Oceanology Institute’s Department of Scientific Underwater Photography. There, among other scientific projects, he worked on the Atlas of Cuban Corals, which led him to navigate the entire island’s coast.