Belkis Ayón took her own life at the age of just 32, cutting short the Cuban artist’s promising career. Yet she left behind a prolific body of innovative prints, mostly in ghostly shades of black and ...
This year, we read too many incredible books to count — here are a few that stuck with us, including tomes on Marsha P. Johnson, Mary Cassatt in Paris, and Ruth Asawa and mothering. The 15th Havana ...
BALDWIN, N.Y. (CBSNewYork) - One good deed leads to another. A Long Island woman who spent months cooking for front line workers has been awarded a national prize that will help feed even more people.
Ten years ago, one of Cuba's leading young artists took her own life, with no warning to family or friends. Her name was Belkis Ayon, and a major exhibit of her work is now under way in Havana. The ...
Where: In “Nkame: A Retrospective of Cuban Printmaker Belkis Ayón,” through Sept. 3 at the Station Museum of Contemporary Art, 1502 Alabama Why: One doesn’t have to be an art history expert to ...
The moment is shrouded in secrets. Cuban artist Belkis Ayón’s family home sits on a quiet street of central Havana, the charm of the house belying the mysteries of her death. White shutters open to ...
It would be difficult to overstate the significance of putting women into the male roles of such an iconic patriarchal symbol, not only in the context of 1990s Cuba, but also in reference to Abakuá ...
Renowned textile artist Belkıs Balpınar takes center stage at the Anna Laudel Gallery in Düsseldorf with her latest solo exhibition, "Relative Points of View,"... Anna Laudel Düsseldorf opened Belkıs ...