Estela Ferrer Raveiro
(Pinar del Río, 1990) Bachelor in Art History at the Faculty of Art and Literature, University of Havana, 2012 Works as a journalist in ICAIC’s digital magazine Cubanow. She did the curatorial work for the exhibition Del Amaru al toro, at the Mariano Rodríguez Gallery of Casa de las Américas, as part of her graduation exam. She has attended courses and workshops on semiotics applied to the audiovisual language, cinematographic appraisal and plastic arts appraisal. She has published in media like Magazine Caimán Barbudo (2012) Digital magazine of the Asociación Hermanos Saíz (2011 and 2012) Digital magazine Esquife (2011 y 2012) Digital magazine Cubanow (2012) Translated by: Olimpia Esperanza Sigarroa Santamarina
Naïf Art, a New Edition for a Festival
Happiness and pain at the Third Havana Naïf Art Festival.
Force and Measure
This 24 edition of the International Ballet Festival of Havana is meant for those who love dance. This time, several offerings have enabled the public to enjoy classic ballets and others in more contemporary style premiering at the Festival.
Tres partes para un diálogo, in Havana
The relationship between artists, their context and the public was the conceptual line that united the latest exhibition presented in the Espacio Abierto Gallery.
With Salt and Water, in the Tradition of People from Manzanillo
Regarding the group exhibition Agua salada, recently inaugurated at the Spanish American Cultural Center.
A Series for Workers
Los trabajadores (The Workers) is a production focused on the relationship woven between workers and their workplaces, and explores their feeling of belonging and their routine activities.
Of Tastes and Esthetic Valuations in Feedback
The recipient generally comes in contact with art work once it is finished and presented in the gallery space. However, in the Feedback project this logic was inverted.
ARCI Brings Fresh Air to the Village of Santa Fe
This year, cultural practices in the village of Santa Fe have gained a great vitality thanks to the founding of a new project, headed by the Italian Association for Cultural and Social Promotion (ARCI).
Yusnier Mentado, Much More than Fireflies in Nocturnal Scene Illusion.
Taking advantage of the new technologies of the Emerging Media, artist Yusnier Mentado has recreated a completely black sky where fireflies or glowworm beetles wander - a metaphor of contemporary frustrations
Ever Fonseca’s Poetic Evocation
The exhibition Evocación lírica by Cuban painter Ever Fonseca was inaugurated at the Cuban art collection building of the Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes (National Museum of Fine Arts).
A Unique Exhibition at the Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes
It seems that the Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes does not cease to surprise us even in the summer months. This time, its latest gift to the public was the showcase Almacenes afuera.
A September Filled with Art
Charta Publishing House donates art books to the Lam Center
A Cooking Class with Artist Yunior Acosta
Although Servando Gallery, on the busy corner of 23rd and 10th in the capital, frequently has surprising offers, this time the cooking course by Yunior Acosta – better known as Yimmi – seduced several who attended the inauguration.
Havana Drama Festival Prepares Upcoming Edition
The 15th Havana Drama Festival will be dedicated to the 150th anniversary of the birth of the great Russian master Konstantin Stanislavski with diverse events that include the exhibition of audiovisual and printed materials.
Twenty Million Backed by Hope
The Provincial Center Luz and Oficios was the space chosen for showing the results of the Segundo Salón de Billetes. Under the title 20 millones respaldados con esperanza (Twenty Million Backed by Hope), the artist and curator of the project, Reinaldo Ortega, sent out the call for this second edition.
Italian Embassy Decorates Julio García Espinosa Esto no es Uruguay at the Wifredo Lam Center
Nearly opening the doors of summer is the two-person exhibition of Erika Mesa and Javier López, Esto no es Uruguay. The objective of their proposal is to use art for getting closer to the reality of Paraguay.
Exhibition by Danish Artist Kvium at Havana’s Wilfredo Lam Center
Danish painter Michael Kvium recently opened his first exhibition in Cuba at the Wilfredo Lam Center of Contemporary Art.
The Singularity of Asger Jorn's Havana Murals
At the Wifredo Lam Contemporary Art Center inHavana, the book Jorn en La Habana (Jornin Havana) began its voyage through Cuba with a presentation by the Norwegian consul in Brazil, Jens Olsen.
Thesis Time at the Wifredo Lam
With the arrival of June, courses end and the moment comes for students of the Higher Institute of the Arts (ISA) to prepare their graduation theses. On this occasion, the Wifredo Lam Center of Contemporary Art served as host for three artistic projects.
Fire Festival in Santiago de Cuba
In the first days of July, Santiago de Cuba province will once again host the Fiesta del Fuego, one of the major international events dedicated to the culture of the Greater Caribbean.
