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Cuba is the largest country in the Caribbean. A participant in and of copious universal changes, it's been ruled in the past by Spain and the U.S. as well as a brief British occupation, creating a multi-cultural heritage heavily augmented by approximately 800,000 enslaved Africans brought mainly from West Africa, close to twice as many as the United States, between 1808 and 1820 during the sugar and coffee boom. A variety of situations and the melding of cultures fueled personal upheaval that conveyed profound depth of creativity to these islands.


“Afrocubanismo” is a parallel project meant to be viewed in conversation with “El Pasado Mío.” All of the artists featured in this exhibition were racialized as white during their lives, with the exception of Wifredo Lam, a celebrated Afro-Cuban painter, considered by some to be the most prominent — and by others, the only — Afrodescendant artist in Cuba in the 20th century.


The Lowe Art Museum at the University of Miami is celebrating that legacy with the largest survey of Afro-Cuban art ever staged. Two exhibitions bring together more than 100 works by 58 artists, tracing 200 years of creativity and exploring the many ways African heritage has shaped Cuban art.


*Tangere* takes its title from a passage written by John Alfred Charlton Deas in *What the Blind May ‘See’: Some Museum and Other Experiments in Tactile Sight*. In this book, the curator of the Sunderland Museum in the UK recounts the experiences generated during a series of pioneering inclusive sessions in which blind people of different genders and ages touched and interacted with objects from the collection. John Alfred Charlton Deas, in describing those episodes, remarked: “To them, their fingers are eyes.”.


La Térmica is opening “Tangere,” an exhibition of paintings by Nacho Martín Silva designed for blind and visually impaired visitors. This new in-house production, curated by Juan Francisco Rueda and developed in collaboration with the ONCE branch in Málaga, will be open to the public through September 20. Tangere actively involves blind people as collaborators in the project, making inclusion an essential part of the artistic experience.


The new in-house exhibition, curated by Juan Francisco Rueda and developed in collaboration with the ONCE branch in Málaga, will be open to the public through September 20. 'Tangere' features the participation of blind individuals as project collaborators, making inclusion an essential part of the artistic experience.


CUBA PRESENTS “HOMBRES LIBRES” AT THE VENICE BIENNALE
Arte Al Dia
Cuban artist Roberto Diago presents a sculptural installation that turns the scar into an emblem of identity and precariousness into an act of sovereignty.

EDUARDO PONJUÁN: A DEFENSE OF ART IN THE FACE OF COMMERCIALISM IN THE APARTMENT
Arte Al Dia
Eduardo Ponjuan: The Cuban artist uses the metaphor of chess to reflect on the tensions that cross the art industry, reviewing, from postmodernist concepts, originality, the commodification of aesthetics and its impact on the artist.

The furniture and art that define Pedro Almodóvar's ‘Bitter Christmas’: 33 key pieces (and where to buy them)
Way
The furniture, design and art in Pedro Almodóvar's Bitter Christmas build interiors and define the characters (...) The work of Cuban artist Ariamna Contino introduces a silent and deeply hypnotic presence in the film.

Which works of ARCO 2026 have been sold and are really the most appreciated by experts
Woman Madame
ARCO's contemporary art and its free spirit usually divide opinions, but which are the best? Or, at least, which are the experts' favorites?

ARCOmadrid closes its 2026 edition with 95,000 visitors
Navarra Newspaper
Among several proposals, the Community of Madrid has awarded its ARCO 2026 prize to artists Los Bravú, Federico Miró and LUCE. The painting ‘En la grieta brilla el deseo’ (2025), from El Apartamento gallery, was the award-winning work of this duo of artists.

ARCO Comunidad de Madrid 2026 Award recognizes three contemporary artists
Vivir Ediciones
The Minister of Culture, Tourism and Sport, Mariano de Paco Serrano, presented the award during the contemporary art fair ARCO. The winners are the artists Los Bravú, Federico Miró and LUCE.

CUBA PRESENTS “HOMBRES LIBRES” AT THE VENICE BIENNALE
Arte Al Dia
Cuban artist Roberto Diago presents a sculptural installation that turns the scar into an emblem of identity and precariousness into an act of sovereignty.

EDUARDO PONJUÁN: A DEFENSE OF ART IN THE FACE OF COMMERCIALISM IN THE APARTMENT
Arte Al Dia
Eduardo Ponjuan: The Cuban artist uses the metaphor of chess to reflect on the tensions that cross the art industry, reviewing, from postmodernist concepts, originality, the commodification of aesthetics and its impact on the artist.

The furniture and art that define Pedro Almodóvar's ‘Bitter Christmas’: 33 key pieces (and where to buy them)
Way
The furniture, design and art in Pedro Almodóvar's Bitter Christmas build interiors and define the characters (...) The work of Cuban artist Ariamna Contino introduces a silent and deeply hypnotic presence in the film.

Which works of ARCO 2026 have been sold and are really the most appreciated by experts
Woman Madame
ARCO's contemporary art and its free spirit usually divide opinions, but which are the best? Or, at least, which are the experts' favorites?

ARCOmadrid closes its 2026 edition with 95,000 visitors
Navarra Newspaper
Among several proposals, the Community of Madrid has awarded its ARCO 2026 prize to artists Los Bravú, Federico Miró and LUCE. The painting ‘En la grieta brilla el deseo’ (2025), from El Apartamento gallery, was the award-winning work of this duo of artists.

ARCO Comunidad de Madrid 2026 Award recognizes three contemporary artists
Vivir Ediciones
The Minister of Culture, Tourism and Sport, Mariano de Paco Serrano, presented the award during the contemporary art fair ARCO. The winners are the artists Los Bravú, Federico Miró and LUCE.