Beggining every November and wrapping on the early days of December, Havana Biennial is one of the most relevant events at Cuban Plastic. Its 2003 edition ended in the celebration of Wifredo Lam`s Centennial. More than 150 artists coming from Latin America and the Caribbean, Africa, Asia and Middle East attended this spectacular event holding a polemical theoretical agenda, fueling debates on relevant aspects of artistic contemporary culture.

At the 8th Biennial of Havana, highest event in Cuban Visual Arts that turns the city into a great gallery, Eslovequian József R. Juhász as guest artist, was in charge of the opening ceremony and featured a performance at the attractive Plaza Vieja (Old Square). Later on, two institutions located near this place -Centro de Desarrollo de las Artes Visuales (Center of Development of Visual Arts) and Centro Contemporáneo Wifredo Lam (Wifredo Lam Contemporary Art Center)- displayed also works on view along the entire Biennial.

Yet another memorable incident was at La California, Centro Habana-based community developing the Isaroko Project -oblation tree-, where the existence of a social group is feeding itself to turn into art, thanks to the interaction with Roberto Diago, Eduardo Roca (Choco) and Manuel Mendive.

A little bit far from the city was another important expository area, La Fortaleza San Carlos de la Cabaña (San Carlos de la Cabaña Fortress) where works by more than one hundred artists were displayed. El Museo de Bellas Artes (Fine Arts Museum), Havana University`s Faculty of Arts and Letters, Pabellón Cuba and Biblioteca Nacional (National Library) were also proper places to reveal good art around these days.

All lovers for good Cuban Art can visit our Cuban Painting Shop and check interesting offers of serigraph reproductions by such artists as Portocarrero, Lam, Amelia, Sosabravo, Bonachea, Marta María Pérez, Rancaño and Bejarano.