Events

Nodes is a virtual exhibition by Cuban artist José Miguel Cano Álvarez, whose practice is rigorously grounded in conceptual art in its most genuine sense: as a mode of critical thinking and symbolic exploration that does not renounce aesthetic values. In his work, the idea does not function as a pretext or a mere statement, but rather as the organizing core from which forms, materials, and visual relationships are carefully articulated. This internal coherence clearly distances his practice from superficial or erratic approaches to conceptualism, where formal precariousness is often mistaken for…Read more …

The photographic work of Shanaya Herrera resists being confined to a single stylistic identity. Rather than relying on a fixed and recognizable signature, her practice is driven by a sustained impulse for exploration—one that leads her through diverse symbolic frameworks, embraced as experimental and risk-laden territories within contemporary photography. Each series responds to a distinct inner necessity, a state of inquiry in which the image extends beyond the purely visible to reveal layered meanings that engage the viewer on both emotional and conceptual levels. Her photographs do not offer immediate closure; instead,…Read more …

The work of Cuban visual artist Ricardo Miguel Hernández is distinguished by its ability to articulate complex visual discourses that, through the convergence of plastic and symbolic elements, construct new layers of meaning. In his photography, collage, video art, and installations, Hernández creates critical spaces where image and memory intersect to challenge conventional narratives. His pieces dismantle hegemonic stories to activate alternative narratives, engaging in a critical operation that questions certainties and shifts the boundaries of collective memory. Through a conscious manipulation of archives, gestures, and materials, the artist positions…Read more …

The eighth edition of the Prisma art contest, held between October and November 2024 as part of the 15th Havana Biennial, reaffirmed the enduring vitality of landscape as one of the most fertile genres in the visual arts. This year, the theme expanded beyond the representation of the natural environment to become a symbolic space for reflection on emotions, philosophy, and the human relationship with context. The selected works revealed the diversity of Cuban contemporary art, engaging with new technologies, personal poetics, and the challenges of a world increasingly mediated by the digital.…Read more …

The seventh edition of the Prisma competition, organized by the ArteMorfosis platform in March 2024, was titled “Lumen. Intervened Photography.” This edition explored the expressive possibilities of photographic imagery in dialogue with digital technologies. The open call invited Cuban artists living on the Island to experiment with photography beyond its documentary function—approaching it as a field of creative freedom where manipulation, recreation, and technical transformation become acts of visual thought. Through Lumen, ArteMorfosis presented an open perspective on photography as an expanded art form, capable of unveiling new aesthetic and conceptual truths in the era of the multiplied…Read more …

The sixth edition of the Prisma art contest, organized by the ArteMorfosis platform under the title Corpus, took place in 2023 with an open call inviting artists to explore the body as a center of meaning. “The body is the temple,” read the invitation—an idea that inspired a diverse and profound reflection on the symbolic dimensions of the human form through multiple artistic languages and media. Artists were encouraged to view the body not merely as anatomy, but as metaphor—a living territory where identity, memory, and contemporary sensibility converge. The human figure, an eternal motif…Read more …