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‘My painting is an act of decolonization not in a physical sense, but in a mental one’.

After 1959 in Cuba "the new government sought to develop a program to mass-produce new housing, schools and factories...Architects realized they needed to do more with less and invent new construction methods using local materials..." Read this fascinating article at https://Cuba50.org about revolutionary architecture.

Sunday 28 November 8pm Cuban time, (mon 29 November 1am uk time) livestreamed on facebook - catch the film 'Mi Primera Tarea' about Cuban nueva trova singer-songwriter Silvio Rodriguez and his experience of being part of a literacy brigade in 1961 in Cuba as a youth teaching people to read.

Congratulations to Cuban musicians Orquesta Aragon de Cuba, Issac Delgado and Alain Pérez for winning a Latin Grammy in the Best Traditional Tropical Album category for their brilliant cd 'Cha Cha Cha - homage to the traditional'.

Havana ranked fourth in the category of Most Desirable Cities, in the Travel Awards 2021 compiled by the British travel magazine Wanderlust, it reported this week.

The 14th Havana Biennial of contemporary art has opened this weekend and is set to develop over 3 phases up to 30 April 2022, with themes of decolonisation, ecology and sustainability, our place in the digital world and much more. Hundreds of artists, curators and art specialists are participating from all over the world. Read more about it on our website (link in bio) and some of the events coming up in the first phase and how to access the programme.

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