Henry Ballate M.F.A. is University Professor of Art History. Specializes in Modern art and contemporary art, with particular interests in classical iconography, from the Renaissance to popular culture images. Henry has over 20 years of combined experience as a Visual artist and graphic designer. Henry’s artwork is instantly recognizable through his use of well-known visual arts iconography. His pieces use historical works of art that deal with provocative and suggestive themes as a foundation augmenting them with today’s popular images. He creates these works by mixing traditional methods of painting with innovative techniques creating new works that are rooted in art history while retaining contemporary relevance. Throughout his career, Henry’s work has been included in solo and group exhibitions in Europe, America, and Asia.
If there has long been international interest in Cuban art, recent years have seen increased demand from new buyers. Latin American Art specialist Diana Bramham offers her insights — illustrated with works […]
From 1915 until 1946, some 25,000 pieces of paper were exchanged between two major 20th-century artists. Painter Georgia O’Keeffe and photographer Alfred Stieglitz wrote each other letters — sometimes two and three […]
Llinás was bom in Pinar del Rio in 1923. There he gets acquainted with basic craftsmanship of painting techniques in one of the many provincial academies. Still in Pinar, he studies avant-garde […]
Después de 1959, en Cuba cientos de tesoros nacionales fueron destruidos o confiscados, entre ellos una suma de artefactos de la cultura griega que más tarde aparece en la Unión Soviética, dando […]
por Willy Castellanos Simons “Los límites de mi lenguaje son los límites de mi mundo” Ludwig Wittgenstein ¿Dónde es posible situar, en el transcurso de casi seis décadas de arte cubano post-revolucionario, el origen de las […]
Art Palm Beach 21st Edition Modern & Contemporary Art Fair ArtPalmBeach is South Florida’s longest running mid-winter fair dedicated to contemporary, emerging, and modern masterworks of the art of the 20th and […]
Once a year Miami becomes the focus of the international art world, with the renowned event “Miami Arts Week”, but the city’s contemporary art scene remains a vibrant force throughout the year. […]
“Sources” by Roxana M. Bermejo. I have always defended that along with any good work of art there is a theoretical thinking entrenched. Sometimes, the piece works as a constant for critical […]
Kendall Art Center (KAC) is proud to present “Artists in Purgatory” an exhibition of Jorge Reynardus Collection that brings together work of Cuban artists such Adriano Buergo, Adrián Menéndez, Agustín Fernández, Aldo […]
The princely art treasures of Liechtenstein have finally gone on show, for the first time since they were hidden away when the Nazis annexed Austria in 1938. Containing masterpieces by Hals, Raphael, […]
