jueves, 26 de marzo de 2009

Havana Visual Arts Biennial Kicks Off Friday

HAVANA, Cuba, March 26 (acn) The 10th Havana Visual Arts Biennial opens on Friday at the San Carlos de la Cabaña Fortress in Havana, with considerable international turnout that speaks for itself of the prestige of the event.

All museums and art galleries in the city will be serving as venues for the Biennial, organized by the Wilfredo Lam Center, an institution affiliated to the National Arts Council, reported Granma newspaper.

The program includes performances, art exhibits, forums, among other activities of diverse nature, which will turn Havana into the world's capital of visual arts through April 30, when the event concludes.

Expositions will open saturday morning in Old Havana and in the afternoon at the Pabellon Cuba fairground in Vedado, organized by an international collective project “Tales from the New World.”

One of the most expected activities is a forum promoted by Cuban plastics artist Alexis Leyva Machado (Kcho) under the title Punto de encuentro (Meeting place), with artists from around the globe in attendance. The forum will take place at the San Francisco de Asis Convent.

Another important event within the Biennial is an exhibit named “Chelsea Visits Havana” that will be brought by American artists from New York.

(A partir de mañana, Décima Bienal de La Habana)

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