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Pedro Pablo Oliva

Pedro Pablo Oliva

  • Posted on August 22, 2016
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By Leonora Oliva When Pedro Pablo Oliva was announced as winner of the National Prize in Visual Arts[1] in 2006 no one was surprised. As stated by David Mateo, this was “a prize of public consensus”. And it so because Oliva’s work is, undoubtedly, one of the greatest examples of visual arts in the Island. The far-reaching distinction did not entail the establishment – already ensured many years ago by said “public consensus” – but merely a confirmation of the substantial contribution made by this creator with his work and his preeminent place…Read more …
Gilberto Frómeta

Gilberto Frómeta

  • Posted on October 11, 2015
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The Shades of a Temperament - RAFAEL ACOSTA DE ARRIBA – - Poet, Essayist and Art Critic – Gilberto Frómeta’s painting belongs to the imagination of quite a few generations of Cubans, including mine. I followed his work with interest and admiration since I was a young man interested in the visual arts; way back then I understood that his painting is an act of faith. Time went by and Frómeta became famous to critics and experts – I would say even more – one cannot write about visual arts in Cuba and…Read more …
Ernesto García Peña

Ernesto García Peña

A Vibrant Style of Dazzling Painting Motifs - ANTONIO FERNÁNDEZ SEOANE - Art Specialist - Covering a creative period of approximately seven years of his powerful painting production, Ernesto García Peña now presents, in Zurich, a well-conceived selection of his artistic talent from his recent work to the present, in which voluptuous body forms are connected in a vibrant, unquestionably erotic style bursting with love. His style extends to zones of esthetic interest never before explored, such as the animal element of the horses in Poderosos (Powerful) and in the bullfighting magnificently portrayed in…Read more …
Flora Fong Exhibition Extended Until June 26

Flora Fong Exhibition Extended Until June 26

  • Posted on June 15, 2015
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We are happy to announce that Flora Fong's solo exhibition 'Art: Elixir of Life' has been extended until June 26, to allow for all Art | Basel 2015 visitors to attend Flora's first exhibition in Switzerland at your leisure without time conflicts .Flora Fong is one of the best-known Cuban female artists and one of the first women who finished art studies in post-revolutionary Cuba and developed a professional career as an artist. Active in art since 1970, she assumed a forerunner role as a woman on the Cuban art scene. All this happened at the time Cuba became…Read more …