From December 8^th until January 25^th, Berlin’s Freies Museum will host «Meeting Havana Cultura: Contemporary Visual Arts and the New Film Festival from Cuba ».

The event will include a contemporary art exhibition entitled “Gulliver” featuring small and medium-sized formats by various contemporary Cuban artists—both established and emerging— that revolves around the subject of insular gigantism and dwarfism. The idea is to transpose a concept usually associated with Biology to the visual arts and social analysis in general.

Parallel to the exhibition, a series of screenings of selected short films by young Cuban directors will introduce the German public to contemporary cinematographic creation in Cuba.

The opening will take place on December 7^th.

More information: Freies Museum 

The Festival Internacional de Nuevo Cine Latinoamericano will take place in Havana from December 4th to 14th.  This event, founded in 1979, aims to promote feature-length films, shorts, and documentaries directed by film makers from the Latin America and the Caribbean or dealing with topics related to the region. 

Cuban artist Carlos Garaicoa is featured in Un machete y una rosa [‘A sword and a rose’], a solo exhibition at the Institute of Contemporary Art in Sofia (Bulgaria). Exploiting the potential resulting from the similarities in Cuba and Bulgaria’s recent history, Garaicoa’s exhibition includes pieces like “Crown Jewel” (2009), in which he produces miniature models of notorious torture settings (Guantánamo Base, the KGB and Stassi headquarters, the Santiago de Chile stadium…); “Without Solution” (2006), which displays propaganda tools used by totalitarian regimes; and a video about one of Garaicoa’s installations, “I do not want to see my neighbors” (2006), which revisits different types of wall human societies have erected to separate themselves from ancient to contemporary times. 

The Brooklyn Academy of Music is hosting Red Hot + Cuba as part of the 30^th edition of the Next Wave Festival. The concert will feature a long list of big names from the Cuban music scene, including Alexandre Abreu, Cucu Diamantes, Andrés Levin, Kelvis Ochoa, David Torrens, Carlos Varela and Osdalgia.

More information & tickets 

The soundtrack of the film 7 Days in Havana is now available. Visit our dedicated section to read about the album, preview the different tracks, and get a free download of the song "A ella le duele" by Cuban singer and composer Kelvis Ochoa.

The work of Cuban artist Abel Barroso is featured in “There’s no place like home”, a solo exhibition at Couturier Gallery (Los Angeles) from October 27^th until December 1^st. Like much of Abel’s previous work (“Pinball del emigrante”, “Visa Monopoly"...), the pieces selected for the show dwell on themes like social borders, immigration, and poverty from a satirical perspective.

The 2012 edition of the Phot’Aix 2012, an annual photography exhibition that takes place at Aix-en-Provence, features five Cuban photographers—René Peña, Aimée García, Jorge Otero, Adrian Fernández and Adonis Flores— whose work served as inspiration to the projects of five local artists. The final result is the pairing of photographs by Cuban and French photographers around a common caption written by each duo.  The show is on until November 18^th at the Musée des Tapisseries (Aix-en-Provence, France).

Between October 28^th and November 7^th will take place the 23^rd edition of the International Ballet Festival of Havana. The program includes performances by the National Ballet of Cuba as well as by guest companies and dancers. Simultaneously, a series of conferences, book presentations, ballet technique courses and photo exhibitions will be organized throughout the city. 

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Acclaimed Cuban pianist Roberto Fonseca starts his 2012 fall tour that includes various French cities as well as Martinique, Amsterdam, and London

OCTOBER

12- Bordeaux, France Jazz à la Base     
16- Perpignan, France Festival  de Jazz  
17- Nancy, France Nancy Jazz  
18- Paris, France New Morning  
19- Clamart, France CC Jean ARP  
20- Nîmes, France Théâtre       
23- Tourcoing, France Tourcoing Jazz Festival   
24- Amsterdam, Holland Bimhuis  
26- Marseille, France Fiesta des Suds    
31- Fort de France, Martinique Atrium