Flavio Garciandíab. 1954, Caibarién, Cuba; lives in Mexico City, MexicoUntitled, 1992Mixed media on canvasThis work belongs to the abstract period Flavio Garciandía called "New Tropical Abstraction," in which his work was informed by Informalism. With a postmodern gesture, the artist resorts to the language of...
Michel Pérez Pollob. 1981, Manzanillo, Cuba; lives in Madrid, SpainUntitled, 2018Oil on canvasThis work is inspired by the study of the backs of sculptural heads belonging to the Collection of Ancient Art of the Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes in Havana. By reproducing them in...
Wilfredo Prietob. 1978, Sancti Spíritus, Cuba; lives in Havana, CubaPapel periódico, 2001Newspaper and ceramic tileFrom a conceptual approach, Wilfredo Prieto investigates the poetics of the object in everyday life and how they function. With lyricism, the artist adopts a minimal aesthetic to develop concepts or...
Ernesto García Sánchezb. 1989, Havana, Cuba; lives in Mérida, MexicoUntitled, 2013, from the series Paintings that are Born DeadAcrylic on canvas...
Iván Capoteb. 1973, Pinar del Río, Cuba; lives in Havana, CubaPain Killers, 2014Crushed aspirin, ink, and glue on canvas, diptych...
Flavio Garciandíab. 1954, Caibarién, Cuba; lives in Mexico City, MexicoJasper Johns regresa a La Habana (Otro mojito, por favor), 2001Oil on canvas Based on a fictitious trip to Havana, where the emblematic American Pop artist returns for a mojito, Flavio Garciandía pays homage to Jasper Johns...
Belkis Ayónb. 1967, d. 1999, Havana, CubaFragmento de La Consagración II, 1991Collagraph on woven paperThis work is part of a large-format triptych in which Belkis Ayón represents the consecration ceremonies of the Abakuá secret society and its hierarchies. In this fragment of the triptych, the...
José Manuel Mesíasb. 1990, Havana, Cuba; lives in Havana, CubaEl ascenso de Pedro Díaz y la muerte de Maceo, 2016–17Oil on canvasThis work is part of an installation that proposes rectifications and reinterpretations of the painting The Death of Maceo by the Cuban artist Armando...
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...
Artur Lescher b. 1962, BrazilInfinito Triple, 2018Brass and green multifilament lines...
Bernardo Ortiz b. 1972, ColombiaUntitled, 2022Oil and graphite on laminated canvas on wood...