Exhibition in Havana to Pay Homage to Van Gogh

HAVANA, Cuba. The exhibition Dear Van Gogh: A Tribute of Cuban Contemporary Art, will remain open to the public until June 3 at Havana's Center for the Development of Visual Arts.

The project, comprising works of 15 Cuban artists and headed by painter Reinerio Tamayo, is a tribute of Cuban creators to one of the most representative figures of 19th century European art.

Featuring the traditional techniques used by Van Gogh, the exhibition includes paintings on acrylic, oil on canvas and heterogeneous themes by Rubén Alpízar, Arístides Hernández (Ares), Franklin Álvarez, Jorge Luis Ballart, Enrique Baxter, Luis Enrique Camejo,Rocío García, Javier Guerra and Kdir López, among other local artists.

The Dutch painter lives on Cuba's aesthetic memory as a paradigm of modernity, and the value of his work remain latent in the art produced on the island over the last few decades, Tamayo told the Cubasi web portal.

(Exposición en homenaje a Van Gogh en La Habana)