"The spirit of creation" is the name of the largest retrospective exhibition of works by Cuban painter Wifredo Lam ever presented in Brazil, now at the Oscar Niemeyer Museum.

The program of the Chaplin Festival, which will run until July 12 in this capital, began on July 2 with the screening for the first time in Cuba of the restored copy of the film The Gold Rush (1925) According to Luciano Castillo, film critic and director of the Cuban Cinematheque, the film was the pretext for this day of activities as a tribute to the artist, the Cubasi Web site reported on Thursday.

Attended by delegations from 42 countries and over 300 participants from the Commonwealth of the Bahamas, the guest of honor, the 35th edition of the Caribbean Festival, which will run until July 9, began on Friday in this city.

The 8th International Congress of Design, Formas 2015, will gather today professionals from some 20 countries, interested in promoting the creative activity as a key tool to make a difference in the market and generate greater welfare.

Researchers and experts on the work of Ernest Hemingway will participate in the 15th edition of the International Colloquium dedicated to the Nobel Literature Prize winner, scheduled for June 18-21.

The Princess of Asturias Foundation announced on Wednesday in Oviedo, Spain, that it gave the Princess of Asturias 2015 Literature Award to Cuban writer and journalist Leonardo Padura (Havana, 1955), best known for his series of detective novels featuring Mario Conde.

Cuba will launch its first commercial fashion show ever in an effort to become a good taste reference in Latin America and the Caribbean.

The world famous and emblematic Cuban band Los Van Van will perform again in Puerto Rico, on this occasion as part of its international tour to celebrate its 45 years of artistic life. This presentation will be a dance music show on Saturday, August 22, starting from 8:30 p.m. at the Puerto Rico Convention Center, the www.cubasi.cu Web site reported on Monday.

The exhibition "The Cuba of Hemingway in Watercolors" by U.S. artist James Richards will be opened on June 4th at the Ernest Hemingway Museum, former residence of the famous Nobel Literature Prize winner.

A valuable representation of Cuba's National Ballet Company (BNC) will attend the 9th International Ballet Festival of Cali, to be held in that Colombian city between June 7 and 14.

The names of the winners of the first edition of the Farber Foundation Cuban Art Awards were announced in this capital on Wednesday, when only a few hours remained for the official inauguration of Havana's 12th Biennial.

A huge exhibition of nearly 100 pieces, by 54 artists of the Bronx Museum in New York will be opened at the Fine Arts Museum (MNBA) on May 21, at five in the afternoon.

A group of artists from the French city of Lyon carry out a joint project of the National Higher School of that city with students from the Cuban University of the Arts at the 12th Biennial of Havana, to open on May 22.

The National Symphony Orchestra of Cuba is presently carrying out an extensive program of presentations in the city of Düsseldorf, as part of its first visit to Germany.