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Cuban Tomás Sánchez: In His Epic Paintings, Meticulous Metaphysics
It’s not often that an experienced critic finds himself confronting the work of an “unknown” painter—unknown, that is, to the
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United 93: Can We Take It?
If United 93 is to be the first entry in what threatens to become an archival library of depressing movie
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Deluded Times Reporter, Judy’s 1950’s Precursor
Just how powerful is The New York Times? That’s the question asked by one of the paper’s own senior correspondents,
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A Booth Remains the Same At One-Time Beat Haunt
Don’t be fooled by the freshly scrubbed floors, potted, tropical-looking plants and lively Latin music at Jeremy Merrin’s newest restaurant,
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Fidel Castro Has The Atlantic Over for a Visit
It’s not your typical relaxing day in Martha’s Vineyard: while on vacation, Atlantic writer Jeffrey Goldberg got a call out
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Leading US Collector of Cuban Art Predicts Gold Rush in Nation’s Contemporary...
Cuba may lie just 90 miles from Miami, where two weeks ago the art world gathered for the billionaire playtime and party armageddon that is Art Basel Miami Beach. But the hoops you have to jump through...
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Castro’s Cuban Flag Flies Over People’s Republic of Brooklyn
Eric Adams had the Cuban colors raised over Brooklyn Borough Hall in celebration of the restoration of diplomatic relations.
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Europe Rescues Pompeii Ruins With 11th-Hour Funds, Have Artists Gotten Nice?...
A round-up of art world news for December 29.
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Menendez on Cuba policy: Castro brothers still “have blood on their hands”
PARAMUS - U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez (D-NJ) continued to speak out against the recent changes in American policy towards Cuba, with America's most prominent Cuban-American politician stating that he would...
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Obama Just Opened the Door for Castro’s Spies
Cuban intelligence will have a field day in the United States thanks to Obama’s latest outreach to Havana
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Tips for Americans Taking One of the New Regular Flights to Havana, Cuba
For example: Americans can't get more money once in Cuba.
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In Cuba, No Cash for Gringos
This American in Havana didn't have enough money and couldn't get more. Thanks, Cold War.
View ArticleCelebrations of Diversity Ignore Questions of Loyalty
Of late, we have been treated to a continuous spouting and fuming emanating from the general direction of Miami, where the Cubans or Cuban exiles have been carrying on at a great rate about that...
View ArticleCastro’s Cigar Hondlers Roll Their Own-and Me
All over Havana, touts want you to buy black-market cigars at a fraction of the government price, and they make lewd pantomimes of puffing as you walk by shadowy alleyways, but it wasn’t ’til we’d been...
View ArticleBungling Bushies Wrong About Cuba
Despite his blustering and joking during his recent trip across Europe and Russia, George W. Bush surely wonders sometimes why nations otherwise friendly to America are so suspicious of him and his...
View ArticleSex, Murder and Medieval Melodrama
A ponderous medieval thriller may not exactly be what everyone’s been hoping for as a welcome antidote to overhyped crucifixion fables by Mel Gibson and the sudden new avalanche of brain-atrophying...
View ArticleDVD’s, Videos, TiVo, Downloadables
I Don’t Wanna Havana After watching all 80 minutes of the tepid remake Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights , I can tell you that I did not have the time of my life-this I swear-and I owe it all to … well, I...
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Cuban Artist Won’t Let The Bronx Museum Show Her Work—Which They Own
Cuban artist Tania Bruguera has pulled her work from the planned Bronx Museum show of Cuban works that has been dogged with political and logistical issues, the New York Times reported. The museum...
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5 Reasons to Be Excited About the State of Jazz in 2017
Dust off those Miles Davis records and polish that sax: Designated by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, International Jazz Day is coming up on Sunday, April 30, a...
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A Guide to Havana’s Offline Internet, via Five Cuban Interns in New York
Maybe you and your friends went to one of those places where people throw hatchets for fun or participated in a foot race encumbered by giant bubble suits? Obviously, your crew took lots of photos,...
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