The Art of Cuba

April 20, 2019

Cuba-Forbidden, compelling and utterly unique. I’ve always had a fascination with places that are slightly more difficult to get to, they’re usually so much more interesting. In a world that’s becoming ever more homogenous, Cuba is as different as any place you’ll find.

I’ve wanted to go to this elusive island nation for as long as I can remember, so when the opportunity presented itself (thank you Debbie Harry) I jumped on it. I knew I would love it, but I had no idea how much. The biggest surprise for me was the incredible art I discovered.

I started noticing some really great street art in Havana and stumbled into a few places selling interesting original works. I had to sort through the “tourist art” but when I peeled back that layer, I was amazed at what I found!

The truly impressive artists however, at least the ones I was fortunate enough to spend time with were in Trinidad (the city in Cuba not the country). The town was crawling with tourists, so when I got there I sort of rolled my eyes and thought “I can’t believe I have to spend four days here” That thought quickly turned into “ I can’t believe I only got to spend four days here”

Where possible, the artist is credited. Some of the beautiful art below, we’ll never know who created it.

Also, I may have slipped in one or two of my own photographs!

Enough words—time to let the art speak for itself.