Wifredo Lamb. 1902, Sagua la Grande, Cuba; d. 1982, Paris, FranceRetrato de dama, 1929Oil on canvasThis work was made when Wifredo Lam lived in Spain (1923–38), a formative period that began under the tutelage of Fernando Álvarez de Sotomayor, director of the Prado Museum, who...
Belkis Ayónb. 1967, d. 1999, Havana, CubaIntolerancia, 1998Collagraph on woven paperBelonging to the series of engravings My Vernicle (a reference to Veronica, a biblical character who accompanied Christ to the cross), this piece represents the last artistic stage of Belkis Ayón, which ended tragically with...
Ariel Cabrera Montejob. 1982, Camagüey, Cuba; lives in Union City, United StatesInmersión 3, 2020Oil on canvasThis work is part of a series in which Ariel Cabrera Montejo develops his neo-historicist narratives, which combine characters from different periods, situations, and origins, to fictionalize and reimagine history....
Agustín Fernándezb. 1928, Havana, Cuba; d. 2006, New York, United StatesPortrait of Lydia Pla de Osuna, 1954Oil on canvasThis is a stunning portrait of Lydia Pla de Osuna, wife of Dr. Ramón G. Osuna Varela. The Osuna family is an important reference in the history...
Reynier Leyva Novo b. 1983, Cuba From the series A Happy Day: FC No. 2, 2016-20Ultrachrome imprint, Baryta paper 300g From the series A Happy Day: FC No. 7, 2016-20Ultrachrome imprint, Baryta paper 300g From the series A Happy Day: FC No. 13, 2016-20Ultrachrome imprint, Baryta paper 300g From the series...
Lester Álvarezb. 1984, CubaMaleza, 2015-16Pyrography on wood, in 40 partsThis work brings together a set of book sculptures Lester Álvarez has compiled from unpublished literary works ignored by the Cuban ruling party. These volumes never saw the light of day and now do, in the...
Luis Manuel Otero Alcántarab. 1987, CubaFrom the series Los héroes no pesan, 2011Mixed media and burnt woodThis work, made early in Luis Manuel Otero's career, belongs to a set of sculptural pieces installed in various exhibitions on view in 2011 and 2012 that marked his...
Luis Manuel Otero Alcántarab. 1987, CubaFrom the series Los héroes no pesan, 2011Mixed media and burnt woodThis work, made early in Luis Manuel Otero's career, belongs to a set of sculptural pieces installed in various exhibitions on view in 2011 and 2012 that marked his...
René Francisco Rodríguez & Eduardo PonjuánRené Francisco Rodríguez b.1960; Eduardo Ponjuán b. 1956, CubaRetrato del profesor Becquer, 1994Oil on canvas These two pieces were exhibited at the fifth Biennial of Havana, in 1994, as part of the installation Sueño, Arte y Mercado, in which this artist...
René Francisco Rodríguez & Eduardo PonjuánRené Francisco Rodríguez b.1960; Eduardo Ponjuánb. 1956, CubaPan, 1994Acrylic and mixed media collage on canvas...
Carlos Bunga b. 1976, PortugalAlfombra #12, 2023Latex and glue on rug...
Artur Lescher b. 1962, BrazilInfinito Triple, 2018Brass and green multifilament lines...
Wolfgang Tillmans b. 1968, GermanyFreischwimmer 114, 2007Chromogenic print in artist’s frame Wolfgang Tillmans’ Freischwimmer is the result of the artist’s experimentation with photographic paper, chemicals, and unusual lighting effects, to create an image in which lines of colored light cross over one another, swirl, and dance...
Frances Tromblyb. 1976, United StatesPink Silk with Canvas, 2013Hand-dyed, handwoven silk and cotton...
Bernardo Ortiz b. 1972, ColombiaUntitled, 2022Oil and graphite on laminated canvas on wood...
Robert Motherwellb. 1915, United States; d. 1991, United StatesAlberti Suite (Blue Open), 1970Tapestry...
Kenneth Nolandb. 1924, United States; d. 2010, United StatesSongs: “What’s New” (Bobby Haggart), 1984Acrylic on canvas Kenneth Noland began to stain colored rings in target-like forms in 1958 and engage chevron shapes in 1963, geometries that appeared in various formats subsequently throughout his career. Influenced by...
Kenneth Noland b. 1924, United States; d. 2010, United Statesafter Bell, ca. 1967Hooked (hand-tufted); Paternayan wool yarn on commercial cotton cloth Noland is a particularly rich case study in the history of American designer and tapestry artist Gloria Ross’ (1923–1998) work with textiles, as the painter...
Gene Davisb. 1920, United States; d. 1985, United StatesThree Sisters, ca. 1982Acrylic on canvas Gene Davis and Kenneth Noland, both featured in this exhibition, were principal artists in what became known as 'Color Field Painting.' They were influenced in the 1950s by Helen Frankenthaler’s stained-canvas techniques,...
Fanny Sanin b. 1938, ColombiaAcrylic No. 2, 1990Acrylic on canvas...