PAST EXHIBITS
Architecture by Cuban Americans in Exile
Arquitectura by Cuban Americans in Exile A Long Way from Portales, Porticos, and Persianas An exhibit tracing the evolution of the modernist movement in architecture amongst Cuban architects from the late 1940's to their legacy after leaving Cuba, followed by the...
Ramón Unzueta From Island to Island
Previous Next Join us for the Ramón Unzueta - From Island to Island exhibition. This stunning new collection introduces the visitor to the fascinating visual conundrum of Ramón Unzueta's work. Exploring themes of a painter who was a creator, an islander, an exile, and...
Ysrael Abraham Seinuk: Stretching the Horizon
July 24, 2022 - October 30, 2022 Ysrael Abraham Seinuk: Stretching the Horizon Havana 1931 - New York 2010 Named by Time Magazine as one of the 25 "Most Influential Hispanics in America." A Jewish Cuban-American, YAS was a brilliant structural engineer who changed how...
Baruj Salinas 1972-2022
The American Museum of the Cuban Diaspora, in collaboration with the Cuban Legacy Gallery, MDC Special Collections at Miami Dade College, presents Baruj Salinas: 1972–2022, a thematic survey of the acclaimed Miami-based Cuban American painter’s abstract work, which...
#NoALaBienalDeLaHabana
The voices of Cuban artists and intellectuals emerged from the San Isidro and 27N Movements to publicly question both the lack of freedom of expression and the continuous violations of human rights by the Castro dictatorship. By that time, we could not fully imagine...
Brigade 2506: 60th Anniversary of the Bay of Pigs Invasion
"JAMAS ABANDONAREMOS NUESTRA PATRIA" On January 1, 1959, military dictator Fulgencio Batista fled Cuba, his regime toppled by a Revolution composed of multiple democratic organizations. Fidel Castro, head of the 26th of July Movement, the Revolution’s largest group,...
Operation Pedro Pan
“Second star to the right, and straight on to Miami” was the route to Never-neverland for many of the over 14,000 Cuban children of Operation Pedro Pan. The story of this unique generational cohort whose lives were forever changed by their 45-minute flight to freedom...
Rafael Soriano: Cabezas
Rafael Soriano is considered a member of the third Cuban avant-garde; that is, the modern artists that came of age in the 1950s prior to the triumph of the 1959 revolution. Throughout the 1940s Rafael Soriano’s paintings and drawings reflected the influence of...
Presenting Celia Cruz
Presenting Celia Cruz Photographs by | fotografías Por alexis rodriguez-duarte In collaberation with | EN colaboración por TICO TORRES Once upon a time, in a country far, far away, my husband and collaborator, Tico Torres and I were starving artists living and working...
Forever Celia
About Forever Celia Forever Celia! is an exhibit that explores the incredible life of La Reina de Salsa, Celia Cruz (1925-2003). Going by decade, Forever Celia! takes an in depth look at how Celia's one of a kind voice and phenomenal stage presence made her an icon...