In 1959, a Cuban artist, silkscreen printer, and journalist by the name of Eladio Rivadulla Martínez made the very first political poster in celebration of the Triumph of the Revolution. In Martínez’s ...
When President Barack Obama debuted his now famous “Hope” campaign poster in 2008, few detected its resemblance to the radical Cuban poster art produced in the 1960s. Parallels like this have been ...
Film posters and a revolutionary government's drive for cultural awareness don't typically go hand-in-hand, but for decades that was the case in Cuba, where artist-made screen printed posters helped ...
The Vault is Slate’s history blog. Like us on Facebook, follow us on Twitter @slatevault, and find us on Tumblr. Find out more about what this space is all about here. These posters by Cuban artist ...
From 1961 to 1992, Mesa worked in Instituto Cubano de Arte e Industria Cinematográficos (ICAIC), the Cuban Institute of Cinematographic Art and Industry. Cloistered in one of Havana's most hallowed ...
WORCESTER - For over half a century, the United States has had an adversarial relationship with Cuba, a Communist nation literally on its doorstep. Over the last few years, however, this situation has ...
You can usually count on the National Film Centre in Kyobashi to put on visit-worthy exhibitions to go with its admirably diverse general programme, and this winter special is no exception: displaying ...
Show up to work. Learn to read and write. Harvest more sugar. In the years after Fidel Castro came to power in 1959, thousands of posters were commissioned by the government to communicate his vision ...
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