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 remains a seminal moment in the history of Cuban art. Since then there have been over twenty exhibitions focused on Cuban art that have taken place outside the island. ¡Cuba! Art and History from 1868 to Today will, like the 1944 exhibition, claim watershed status. Unfortunately, due to the embargo and lack of normalized diplomatic relations between the United States and Cuba, the exhibition will not travel to the United States. Its only venue is the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts—and is definitely worth a trip to Canada. Organized by a curatorial team consisting of Nathalie Bondil (director, Montreal Museum of Fine Arts), Moraima Clavijo (director, Museo Nacional in Havana), and Lourdes Socarrás (director, Fototeca de Cuba), the exhibition contains over three hundred works: easel...