Alexandre Arrechea

Luis Miret, the longtime director of Galería Habana, which revolutionized Cuba’s contemporary-art scene, died on May 11.

A founder and former member of Cuba-based art collective Los Carpinteros (from 1991 to 2003), Arrechea exhibits a new project at the São Paulo venue, retracing the ideas that drove his work for the past four years, including large murals applied directly onto the gallery wall, drawings/watercolors, and sculptures.

Ever since he was sidelined by illness from his role as Cuba’s leader in 2006, Fidel Castro loomed like a historical shadow.

Today, Art Basel Miami Beach released the list of “celebrated artists, galleries, art historians, writers, curators, museum directors and collectors” taking part in its Conversations and Salon programs at this year’s fair.

“Narco-traffic drug dealers like these styles,” she said, motioning to gold and green glass bracelets, the jagged stones set into glittering chainmail bands. This is Bogota, Colombia, yes, so you might assume she is talking about jewelry in a pawn shop. They’re actually art works with an asking price of €20,000 for the set.

Even after 50 years of deprivation and isolation, Cuba is still an embarrassment of cultural riches. Linda Yablonsky takes in Havana’s vibrant art scene.

ISIS Seizes Control of Palmyra: As predicted, the Islamic State has seized control of Palmyra, the Syrian city where many of the region’s most renowned archaeological sites are located.

If you’re headed to the ADAA Art Show, here’s something to look out for. Beginning this month for Armory Week and continuing through June 9, Alexandre

HAVANA - Kadir Lopez was working in his studio at his elegant home here when the doorbell rang. It was Will Smith and his wife, Jada Pinkett Smith.

Cuban artist and Los Carpinteros alumnus Alexandre Arrechea's latest body of work spins Manhattan landmarks on their heads.

Kadir Lopez was working in his studio at his elegant home here when the doorbell rang. It was Will Smith and his wife, Jada Pinkett Smith. “I had n

HAVANA - Kadir Lopez was working in his studio at his elegant home here when the doorbell rang. It was Will Smith and his wife, Jada Pinkett Smith.

If you’re headed to the ADAA Art Show, here’s something to look out for. Beginning this month for Armory Week and continuing through June 9, Alexandre

Cuban artist and Los Carpinteros alumnus Alexandre Arrechea's latest body of work spins Manhattan landmarks on their heads.

Many have pondered the validity of an African aesthetic: what was evident to early western Modernists is now a disputed issue