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May 21, 2008
Nathalie Bondil, ed. ¡Cuba! Art and History from 1868 to Today Exh. cat. New York: Prestel, 2007. 424 pp.; 400 color ills.; 200 b/w ills. Cloth $85.00 (9783791340197)

Exhibition schedule: Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, Montreal, January 31–June 8, 2008

 
CrossRef DOI: 10.3202/caa.reviews.2008.48

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Mario Carreño. Sugar-cane Cutters (1943). Duco on wood. 164 x 122 cm. Miami, private collection. Photo: Don Queralto.

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In the spring of 1944 the Museum of Modern Art in New York opened the exhibition Modern Cuban Painters; it was the first time that modern Cuban art was presented in the international arena. Organized by Alfred H. Barr, Jr., with assistance from the Cuban art critic José Gómez Sicre, the exhibition was a success with the public as well as the critics. Although limited to the work of only thirteen painters, Modern Cuban Painters...