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Home My WebLink AboutM-88-0401MER 1ECUBAN M'USEUbI OF ARTS AND CULTURE, INC a MUSEO CL'BANO DE ARTS Y CULTURA. INC IN IaW SOUTHWEST 12th AVENUE MIAMI. FLORIDA 89129 TELS. (805) 959-8006 051 BW8059 A NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION • CABLE: CUBAMUSEUM DIRECTORS LA SUBASTA DE ARTE DEL MUSEO CUBANO Officers FECHAS, CONDICIONES Y NORMAS Nunzio Maimeri 0) President Rosa M. Abell■ FECHAS RamaCernuds Orelia Tabaree Taberes Fernandet El viernes 15 de abril de 1988, de las 7 a las 10 p.m., se celebrara Vice -Presidents la INAUGURACION de la Subasta en el local del Huseo Cubano de Arte y Raul Cosculluels Cultura, situado en el 1300 S.W. 12 Avenida, Miami. En esta ocas16n se Treasurer MakiSaitarhitori■ brindarg un c6ctel al publico en general. Todos estgn invitados. Secretary Mignon resi FoundinggPresident Emeritus El sabado 16 ding e aa o 17 dbril, de 1 y om 7 p.m.. asi como del lunes Guillermo de7Andegui 18 al jueves 21 de abril, de 10 a.m. a 7 p.m., mas de 160 obras que Cabrera Honorary Director L •dia dia seran subastadas estaran en EXPOSICION en el local del Museo Cubano. } Member Fmeritus Mercy Diaz Miranda E1 viernes 22 de ChairpeFriends oft SUBASTA de Friends of the Cuban Museum las Carlos M. Luis Auditorium de la Executive Director Museo Cubano, en Jost 1. Astitrarraga Legal Counsel disponibles paea Emilio Alonso gratis. Ana M. Alvarez Raul Alvarez abril, a las 7.30 p.m., puntualmente, se iniciara la obras de arte. Esta subasta se realizara en el escuela "Saints Peter and Paul", situado frente al el 1435 S.W. 12 Avenida, 3er piso. Habra asientos 500 personas. Todos estin invitados. La entrada es Marla E. Alvarez del Real Mario R. Arcllano Condiciones y Normas para los PROPIETARIOS-VENDEDORES Fernando J. de Armendi Andrta Candela 1.) Margarita Cano 1. Se recibiran obras de arte, propiedad de artistas y de Jost F. Castellanos Jorge A.Coloma(•) coleccionistas, para la venta, hasta el dia primero de marzo de FeliAn& Rosut s de V la 1988. Las obras seran evaluadas or el Comite de Subasta que Ana Rosa de Velasco P Frank Diaz determinara si se aceptan o no. Rolando Fernandez Luis Fernandez Roche DorMiguel Mldenkr le 2. Las obras sometidas deberan ser entregadas enmarcadas o de Miguel M. Gonsile: , Francisco e: alguna manera, en condiciones de ser col adas o exhibidas. Francisco J. Hernindezl'1 g Arnaldo Iglesias Aquellas obras que sean sometidas y que no esten debidamente Salvador Juncadella Francisco H. t�urier condicionadas para ser exhibidas, a juicio del Comit€ de Subasta, Pedro Rama6m ez Iglesias odran ser habilitadas para exhibirse, cobrindole $15.00 al Humberto Lopez Igleeiu 1 1 P Reynaldo Madiedo (•) propietario-vendedor de las mismas . Aline Mtndez Novara Carmen Martinez lidalron,o R. Mae J.M. Morals Gdms: 3. El neto de la venta de cada obra sera dividido entre el Angel Moreno Manuel I. Muftis prop ietario-vendedor de la obra y el Museo de la si uiente Rent V. Murai manera: Eduardo Padran Matitde Ponce Raul Rodriguez Margarita F. Ruiz a) Obras que se vendan en menos de $1,000.00; el 75% del TereJuan Manuel Sal) im orte sera para el ro ietario-vendedor el resto para. el Juan Manuel Salvat P P P P Y Rodolro R. Sinchet Museo. Eugenio Santiago Dora Valdts-Fauli Enrique Viciana Elenazayas b) Obras que se vendan entre $1,000.00 y $2,999.00; el 85% sera TRUSTEES para el propietario-vendedor y el resto para el Museo. Mario Amiguet Carlos Arboleya Raman and YolandaBiez c) Obras que se vendan en $3,000.00 o mas; el 90% sera para el Luis J.Bociroll ro ietario-vendedor el resto para el Museo. Sergio Fernandez P P y Modesto Maidique Jorge Mae Canso Raul P. Masvidal d) En adici6n al precio final de subasta de cada obra, los Domingo Moreira ArturoMunder compradores pagaran un 10% adicional al precio, que sera una IiildsPereraDiaz contribution Integra para el Museo Cubano. �...�0 (1) Also a Trusteeoil aw Y Nercyg a anirm enge6ttidg; '•Vamoo a conwk Is dltima atnn. cunt' "Ah, cuando no* pasamw Thankadivin "Kudos en un hold eapera 40. iw el attetito to', atrep N. entu"Sawicio. " RSWIMo* ado a una vAuta do Nueva York y was amip. qua as dtaie► do art*, aoa Babb do tq ftldmatko belt+ qw rive on Atlanta y he aaado una untidad de obra eubana dela &Doe 30. 40 y w'. nWa XW41.111"O ue, -- w w wtara- w lYip ; l930. Sin trlt ltl um obras • :erwaamilkill M 4, Adcuttn Fankidaa y Gin Petibp Y de Is ddada de 1960. can Aoje Acosta Lefty Antonia Firm as como un boo de Arturo Rods fir, d* Masons aw We RW40 Its srcyaa un lavodto. colec cidn, SUN a bwcandoo * two cubaea irel mwWo. Abor; satin "We la pwu "OOpcifeta � aftwM do /,Gatti io. Amn1*1 do ut %I 98--401 . Nsm"403 SS-402 4ib 1 CUBAN MUSEUM OF ARTS AND CULTURE, INC MLTSEO CL13ANO DE ARTE Y CVLTURA. INC 1500 SOUTHWEST 12th AVENUE MIAMI. FLORIDA 83129 TELS. (905) 869-8006 (805) BWBO59 A NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION • CABLE: CUBAMUSEUM DIRECTORS LA SUBASTA DE ARTE DEL MUSED CUBANO Officers FECHAS, CONDICIONES Y NORMAS Nunzio Msinieri I') President Rosa M. Abella FECHAS Ramon Cernuda El viernes 15 de abril de 1988, de las 7 a las 10 p.m., se celebrara V mPreriae t:ern.naee la INAUGURACION de la Subasta en el local del Huseo Cubano de Arte y RaulCesculluela Cultura, situado en el 1300 S.W. 12 Avenida, Miami. En esta ocas16n se Treasurer Inaki5aizarbitoria brindara un c6ctel al publico en general. Todos estan invitados. Secretary. Mignon Medrano El sabado 16 domino 17 de abril, de 1 a 7 .m. , asi Como del lunes Founding President Emeritus y g P Guillermo deVndegui 18 al jueves 21 de abril, de 10 a.m. a 7 p.m., mas de 160 obras que Honorary Director seran subastadas estaran en EXPOSICION en el local del Museo Cubano. Lydia Cabrera Member F,meritus Mercy Dig: Miranda El viernes 22 de abril, a las 7.30 p.m., puntualmente, se iniciara la Chairperson Friends of the Cuban Museum SUBASTA de las obras de arte. Esta subasta se realizara en e Carlos M.Luis Auditorium de la escuela "Saints Peter and Paul", situado frente al Executive Director Museo Cubano, en el 1435 S.W. 12 Avenida, 3er piso. Habra asientos I�galCounsel�` disponibles para 500 personas. Todos estan invitados. La entrada es Emilio Alonso gratis. Ana M. Alvarez Raul Alvarez Marla E. All Real y ormas P Condieiones Npa los PROPIETARIOS-VENDEDORES ellano Mario R. Arellano Fernando J. de Armendi Andres Candela (`) Margarita Cane 1. Se recibiran obras de arte, propiedad de artistas y de Jose F. Castellanos Jorge A. Colama (1 coleccionistas, para la venta, hasta el dig rimero de marzo de P Felix Cruz Alvarez 1988. Las obras seran evaluadas por el Comite de Subasta que Ana Rosa de Velasco Frank Diaz determinara si se aceptan o no. Rolando Fernandez Luis Fernandez Rocha DorMiguel .Goo ale Miguel M. Gonzalez 2. Las obras sometidas deberan ser entregadas enmarcadas o, de Willie Gonzalez alguna manera, en condiciones de ser colgadas o exhibidas. . Francisco J. Hernandez () Arnaldo Iglesias Aquellas obras que Sean sometidas y que no esten debidamente Salvador Juncadella FranciscoH. [Aurier condicionadas para ser exhibidas, a juicio del Comita de Subasta, Pedro Ra es(0) podran ser habilitadas para exhibirse, cobrandole $15.00 al Lopez Humberto Lopez Iglesias () Reynaldo Madiedo (•) propietario-vendedor de las mismas . Aline Mbndez Novara Carmen Martlnez Ildelfonso R ►fas -- J.M. Moral" G6mez 3. E1 veto de la yenta de cada obra sera dividido entre el Angel Moreno ro ietario-vendedor de la obra el Museo de la si uiente P P y g Manuel I. Muni: Rent V. Mural manera: Eduardo Padr6n Matilde Ponce Raol Rodriguez MargaritsF.Ruiz a) Obras que se vendan en menos de $1,000.00; el 75% del Juan Manuel Salvat JuanManuel S) im orte sera para el ro ietario-vendedor el resto para el P P P P y Rcdolfo R. Sanchez Museo. - Eugenio Santiago Don Valdia•Fauli Enrique b) Obras que se vendan entre $1,000.00 y $2,999.00; el 85% sera TRUSTEES para el propietario-vendedor y el resto para el Museo. Mario Amiguet Carlos rboles Ram6n and Yolanda Baez c) Obras que se vendan en $3,000.00 o mfis; el 90% sera pars el Sergio Fernandes Sergio Fernandez ro ietario-vendedor el resto para el Museo. P P Y Modesto Maidique Jorge Mas Canosa Rsol P. Manvidal d) En adici6n al precio final de subasta de cada obra, los Domingo Moreira ArturoMunder compradores pagaran un 10% adicional al precio, que sera una Hilda Pereira Diaz (0) Also a Trustee contribuci6n Integra para el Museo Cubano. A`� CUBAN MUSEUR OF ARTS AND CULTURE, INC MUSED CLIMO DE ARTE Y CULTURA. INC i ISW SOUTHWEST 12th AVENUE MIAMI. FLORIDA 33129 TELS. (305) 858-8M (805) 8WB059 A NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION • CABLE: CUBAMUSEUM DIRECTORS 4. El Comite de Subasta se reserve el derecho de aceptar las obras Officem que se sometan Para ser subastadas, y el Museo sera' responsable NunzinMaimerii•1 de dachas obras durante el tiempo en que las mismas esten al President Rosa M. Abella cuidado del Comite de Subasta. Ram6n Cernuda Ofelia Tabares Fernandez Vice -Presidents 5. Los propieta rios-vendedores de las obras podran acordar con el Raid Cosculluels Comite de Subasta un precio minimo (RESERVA) por debajo del cual Treaurer no se aceptara la venta de dicha obra. El Museo sugiere que IMki Seizarbitoris Secretary dichas RESERVAS se establezcan por debajo del precio estimado de Mignon Medrann Founding President Emeritus la obra. Guillermo de Ztndegui Honorary Director 6. Las obras vendidas se liquidaran a sus prop ietarios-vendedores Lydia Cabrera Member F.meritua antes los res de ltinta diasubsig uientes a la fecha en que sean Mercy Diu Miranda pagadas por los compradores, o al termino de dicho periodo. Chairperson Friends of the Cuban Museum Carlos M. Luis 7. La transportacion de las obras hacia el Museo estara a cargo de Executive Director sus propietarios-vendedores. Jos# 1. Astigarraga Legal Counsel Emilio Alonso 8. Los propietarios-vendedores de obras no vendidas durante la AnaM. Raul Alvaro:arez subasta deberan retirar sus obras del Museo en el transcurso de , MarioAlvarezdelel Real los quince dias subsiguientes a la subasta. Marro R. AreNano R. Fernando J. de Armendi Andrfs Candels NI Margarita Cano Condiciones y normas para los compradores Jost F. Castellanos Jorge A. Colorns 111 Felix 9. El Museo Cubano imprimis una relac16n de las obras que serin Ross Velastelro Ana RCruz ou de Frank Diaz subastadas con datos de las mismas y de sus creadores. No se Rolando Fernandez Luis Fernandez Roeha ineluiran fotos . Donta Feldenkreis Miguel M. GonZAlez :.H WillFrancisco 10. Los compradores de las obras subastadas deberan pagar el precio aina Arnaldo Iglesias �l•1 final de las obras adquiridas, mas el 10%, en cheque o de Salvador Juncadells Francisco H. Laurier contado, al finalizar la subasta. Pedro Ram6n Lopez (1) Humberto Lopez Iglesias (•1 Reynaldo Madiedol'1 11. Los compradores de obras que deseen pagar haeiendo use de Alin& Mtndez Novaro CarmenMart:nez tarjetas de credito, deberan pagar un 5% adicional al precio Ildelfonso R. Mas J.M. MoralesGOmez final, mas el 10% de contribucion, para cubrir los costos de AngelMane 11.MuMoren Manuel 1. Mun,z servicio de dichas tarjetas. Rent V. Mursi Eduardo Padr6n Matilde Ponce 12. Solamente se permitira el retiro de obras que hayan sido pagadas Raol riguez Margarita F. Ruiz en su totalidad. Las obras se podran pagar y retirar durante la aanuel al TerJuan Juan Manuel Satvat subasta o en la semana siguiente a la misma. Rodolfo R. SanchezEugenio _ DorsValdesSantiago ul Dora Valdh-Pauli 13. La transportacion de las obras vendidas estara a cargo de los Enrique Vicians Elena Zayas COm compradores. P TRUSTEES Mario Amiguet 14. Aquellas personas que no puedan asistir a la subasta podran Carlos Arboleya Ram6nand Yolanda Biez participar de la misma dejando por escrito sus ofertas maximas, Sergio ernilill Sergio Fernandez or las obras que desean ad uirir entre ando dichas ofertas P q q + Y $ , Modesto Maidique en sobre cerrrado, a un miembro del Comity de Subasta. El Jorge Mas Canon Raul P. Masvidal subastador intentara adquirir dichas obras para los compradores Domingo Moreira AruvoMunder ausentes al mejor precio posible. Hilda Perera Diu (•) Also a Trustee 48-401 ' N8 403 98--402 , N8-46-1' CUBAN MUSEMI OF ARTS AND CULT UFM INC 1300 SOUTHWEST 12th AVENUE MIAMI. FLORIDA U199 TELSEE69 N USEO CL'BANO DE ARTE Y CULTURA. INC A NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION - CAB: CUAMU UM I DIRECTORS 15. Durante la subasta el precio de las obras aumentarg de forma otneen escalonada y preestablecida. Los aumentos seran en partidas de Nunzio Ma(nieri 0) $50.00 hasta alcanzar los mil dblares . Despues ascenderfin en President Rosa M. Abella partidas de $100.00 hasta alcanzar los dos mil quinientos Ram6nCernuda dSlares. Finalmente aumentaran en partidas de $200.00. Ofelia Tabares Fernandez Viet -Presidents R.ul Caeculluela 16. Las obras subastadas se entregaran a los compradores en Treasurer identicas condiciones a Como hayan sido exhibidas durante la thaki Srizarbitoria Secretary subasta. E1 Museo Cubano no se compromete a enmarcar, restaurar Mignon itPresident Emeritus r Founding P o garantizar Is autenticidad o el valor de ninguna obra Guillermo deZtndegui subastada. E1 Museo Cubano no sera, en to absoluto, responsable Honorary Director de ningun error de informacibn o impresift que pueda aparecer en Cabrera Lydia Fmeritw Member me el listado de obras a subastar. Mercy Diaz Miranda Chairperson At ent amen t e Friends of the Cuban Museum Pdon Carlos M. Luis Executive Director Jost 1. Astigarraga Legal Counsel Emilio Alonso Ana M. Alvarez Raul Alvarez .A.Marir F.. Alvarez del RealN �/ Mario R. Arellano Fernando J. de Armendi Ram6n Cernuda Andrts Candela (•) Margarita Cano Coordinador Comite de Subasta Jost F. Castellanos Jorge A. Coloma (0) Felix Cruz Alvarez Ana Rosa de Velasco Frank Diaz Rolando Fernandez Luis Fernindez Rocha Dorita Feldenkreis Miguel M. Gonzalez Willie Gonzalez Francisco J. Hernandez V) Arnaldo Iglesias Salvador Juncadella Francisco H. Laurier Pedro Ram6n 1,6pez (•) Humberto L6pez Iglesias (•) Reynaldo Madiedo (•) Alin& Mtndez Novara Carmen Martinez Ildelfonro R. Mas J.M. Morales Gbmrs Angel Moreno Manuel 1. Muhiz Rent V. Murat Eduardo Padr6n Matilde Ponce Raul Rodriguez Margarita F. Ruiz Teresa Saldise (1) Juan Manuel Salvat Rodolfo R. Sanchez Eugenio Santiago Dora Valdis-Fauli Enrique Viciana Elena Was TRUSTEES Mario Amiguet Carlos Arboleys Rarn6n and Yolanda Biez Luis J. Botifoll Sergio Fernindez Modesto Maidique Jorge Max Canoss Roil P. Masvidal Domingo Moreira Arturo Munder Hilda Perer& Diaz •I Also a Trustee RC/dm 88-401. . 88-402 , 88-403 . 88-461 . XJ ■ ;` t f 10A The Mismi Herald / Sunday, May 8, , r t 2 .11, Museum rift is a struggle of conscience M1 By LiZ BALMASEDA Herold step wrtw •. In the early days, It was a "museum without walls" run by a handful of volunteers who bor• rowed space In department stores, bank lobbies and libraries and took turns bringing trays of Cuban pastries for simple opening nights. Margarita Ruiz joined this gypsy museum as a university student In 1973. She remembers the hustle to put on the early exhibits and the poignant response, $10 gifts from middle-class families and old women, offered In the name of nostalgia and patriotism. The,Cuban Museum of Artie and Plea" tum to MU3EUM/10A l.i Museum battle: a str MUSEUM/from 1A Culture rose to relative promi• nence. a cultural sculpture on the otherwise political landscape of exile Miami. But In the past three weeks, politics has overwhelmed this refuge — a controversial auction, angry debates, a burned painting. death threats, a pipe bomb blast, the resignations of one-third of a deeply divided board of directors. The Institution many hoped would be Immune to politics suddenly seems In danger of being de• stroyed by It. Yet the Cuban Museum's trou- bles are not as simple as pro• or anti -Fidel Castro. Though the power struggle over the museum's ideological course ostensibly pits traditional conser- vative Cubans against an emerging more -liberal faction, the contro• versy has as much to do with appearances as with politics. Like an impressionist painting, those images can appear distorted from Var. On recent nights, a passer-by could watch the drama untold through the sliding glass doors of the museum, now housed In a convened fire station In the heart. of Little Havana. At times It appeared to be a match between two museums. Ramon Cernuda, the museum's vice president, sees the debate as a landmark episode. "For the first time In this exile community," he said, "a respectable institution has sent a clear message: Let there be tolerance. Let there be respect for the Ideas of others. Let there be cultural freedom. Let's leave cen• sorship, Intimidation and oppres• sion to Castro." But the cry against "censorship" fell on jaded ears. Angry exiles and a group of prominent museum members turned their anger on Cernuds, a book publisher, art collector and organizer of the fund-raising auc- tion that touched off the contra versy. The auction included an by several Cuban painters identified as comprometido. compromised, having accepted the course of Castro s revolution The bidding went on after a dozen of the most controversial paintings were re- moved. In the end, 90 percent of the 161 paintings were auctioned. drawing some $50,000 for the museum. Cernuds, who auctioned some paintings from his own collection and made $6.000 in the process, defends the sale of the controver• sial pieces. But his critics argue that an exile museum is no place to peddle the works of those who figure in an oppressive regime. Other Cernuda critics suppOn the auction but point to inconsis- tencies in his previous stands against controversial Cuban fig. tares. One of those critics is Justo Sanchez, a director on the muse• um's eoverning board. "i have many differences of opinion with Mr. Cernuda," sold Sanchez, an economics professor, "but staying Inside Is the only way i can be effective In reconciling the museum with the community and with the directors who have resigned." in previous exile controversies, the line between black and white has been more clearly drawn. in the days of the 1978 dialogue between Castro and certain Cuban exile representatives, the distinc- tion was easy. Either you were a dialoguero — one who favored the talks — or you were not. Those sharp definitions won't work this time. The fine lines bleed Into an overwhelming gray area. On the night of the auction, a former political prisoner pur- chased a controversial painting and set It on fire. Another protest- er, watching this, called It "an Individual act by a man who was trying to burn off his years in prison." That protester, Maria C. de to Rosa, as she picketed against the ale of post -revolutionary art work by Mariano Rodriguez. Raul Martinez, Manuel Mendlve and Carmelo Gonzalez. But, she says, she has no problem with the works of other established, less political painters who worked under Castro. "i wish i could have an Amelia Pelsez or a Wifredo Lam in my living room," said de Is Ross, director of the Miaml-Dade Com- munity College Hialeah Center. The trouble intensified when opposition spread to other artists who had rarely been identified as political. Such was the use of Amelia Pelsez, one of Cuba's foremost painters, who remained on the Island but "uncompro. mised" until her death In 1968. An exhibition of Pelaez's works planned for later this month at the Cuban Museum is still on hold. The Irony Is that Pelaez's art has been exhibited at the Cuban Museum before — and was even sold then tart year at the fir auction. There are other Ironies. In the spring of 1986. the Cuba community was ripped by controversy when a theater feat val scheduled a play by New Yor Cuban writer Dolores Prid whose activities have been Inte preted as sympathetic to Castr The dispute resulted In the puliir of her play from the festival. One of the loudest voices &Join Pride was Carlos Luis, the Cuba Museum's executive director, wt supported the recent ale of cot troversial paintings. He aye thei Is a difference between an order) protest and anonymous threats. Luis also wt a strong opp, lent of an e, hlb.� ter f at the Fi r ter for the Fir Arts In Janusr .r�• that Includt •, the works r +r lose Bed, Valdes, a pain er who lives i Luis Cuba. Luis an Cernuda wet among a group of Cuban exist who signed a letter protesting th exhibit and the show's catalol which they felt depicted pre -Ca! tro Havana as a brothel crawlln with 60,000 prostitutes and d, scribed postrevolutionary Cub favorably. The letter, published in I Nuevo Herald, The Miami Herald Spanish -language edition, charge that "it Is a known fact, Fid, Castro himself has "id it, that i Cuba an is at the service of th state ... therefore the Inclusion c an official Cuban artist, his pre! ence In Miami, Is the equivalent t the presence of a lunctlonary c the Cuban regime." Cernuda says it was the catato he was protesting, not the exhibl- "That foolishness would nr occur to me. in fact, i took m family to view the exhibit sever. times." he said last week. Armando Porto and about 25 other piciceten protested audio of art works in April. 19S-401 SS-40d Y . NS-400 aggle of -Consciences � Ramon Cernuda, vice president of museum, sees debate as a landmark episode. Insiders say that protest cost the The final days brought old Cuban Museum a $10.000 en- trappings of terror from the dorsement from American Ex- anonymous: death threats, certe press, a supporter of the Center notes, slashed tires, the bomb, for the Fine Arts. "It was a leftist bomb." charged When a museum director pro- a young professional who resigned posed that the board Invite a noted from the board last week. pro -dialogue social science profes- "It was a bomb from a right• sor to lecture at the museum. the wing extremist." countered anoth- Idea was shot down. One who er, who stayed. voted against the speech was The directors' Ideological split Cernuda. has put In jeopardy the future of a but Cernuds doesn't want to museum that has survived largely discuss that Incident. "I won't on the efforts of a strong fund. wipe my elate clean by dirtying raising arm. Friends of the Muse• someone else's." he said. um. Cernuds Days he never thought Ana Rosa de Velasco, an interior his anal -Communist credentials decorator who helped raise t196.• would become an Issue in the 000 during the three years she was community where he has quietly president of Friends of the Muse - lived since 1973, when he moved um, says the museum leadership from Puerto Rico. He points to the has lost the backing of old museum's first auction as proof supporters. that this recent controversy Is the "I will not raise another penny result of a "disinformation cam• for this museum until the error paign " surrounding the auction Is recil- Cernuds and his auction com- fled. 1 feel greatly responsible for mittee may have miscalculated the actions of this museum be. what has been perceived, mainly cause 1 have collected money from by Anglos, as the Cuban commu- my friends and from people 1 don't nity's "coming of age." a certain even know. I cannot keep quiet flexibility that would enable exiles when such an error has been to tolerate and even appreciate committed." she said. culture, politics and Ideas associst- It is the work of culture ed with the regime they fled. enthusiasts like Velasco that But those who opposed the helped build the museum. Past auction counter that their intransi- President Mercy Miranda helped gence Is not a sign of backward draw $125.000 from the state ways. Who would expect Jews to Legislature during the 1987 ses- tolerste displays of Nast culture? they ask. Community observers say the Cuban Museum drams has been amplifled by the setting in which . It unfolds. It comes at a time when disappointment runs deep In the exile community over the Reagan administration's backdoor moves to negotiate with Cuba. A controversial Immigration pact Is worked out, a general warming trend In U.S.-Cuban vela• bons isunder way and then members of an exile Institution intend to sell the work of Cuban artists — the resentment Is lay and thick. 98-401 S8-40ok! sion. Now Arnhilda Gonzalez• Quevedo. the Cuban American state representative who request• ed that funding last year, says she won't do it again this session because of the auction fracas Museum %eteran Margarita Rua says it's quewonable whether a Cuban Museum e%en exists after the board resignations "In terms o1 a building, ),a there is a museum." said Ruiz a.ho resigned Wednesdsy night "But is it serving its purpose In the exile community?" The woman who started the Cuban Museum 15 years ago. Mignon Medrano, says her dream has been betrayed by Cernuds and his allies, art enthusiasts who joined the museum yeas after it was founded. Now founding pre+• ident emeritus, and still a voice on the governing board. Medrano says she will hot give up trying to restore the museum to Its original mission, "Some of our supporters say we should go form another Cuban museum. But that Is not the point. We already have a museum, one with a beautiful history and a I $-year track record. These people have prostituted our museum. They have turned something tradi- tional and patriotic Into a market• place;" Medrano said. Without support from that tra- ditional exile population. the Mu- seum's current leaders might find themselves trying to draw water from a stone. Still, some who stayed say they are optimistic about setting the record straight about the muse• um's course. "1 feel 1 represent a young generation of exiles strongly op- posed to human rights violations In Cuba, and we are as anti -Castro as anybody, but we prefer the vehicles of human understanding and reason;" said Sanchez, the professor. He said each director who stayed has agreed to try lei persuade at least one member who resigned to go to the next board ,meeting. May 25. Another young professional who was drawn by the Cuban Muse- um's moderate, uncontroversial nature reflected last week on his role as a museum director. "I ask myself, 'What the heck am 1 doing here, when 1 could bit devoting my time to the United Way or something?"' RS--403 98-46.1 IZA The Miami Herald / Wede�day, May 1 N.Y. art sellers N.Y. auction Douses break Cuba ban violate Cuba ban Art museum elects new leadership / 1 B By CELIA W. DUGGER And CHRISTOPHER MARQUIS Herold SWH Writers Two prestigious auction houses in New York Cite — Christie's and Sotheby's -- have for several years sold artworks completed in Cuba after 1963, the year the United States imposed a unilateral trade embargo against the island nation. US. Treasury Department spokesman Bob Levine said the sales violate the 1963 Trading with the Enemy Act. Levine said he was not aware of any complaints against the auction houses or of any attempts to prosecute them. Violations of the law are punishable by up to $50.000 in fines and 10 years in gall. "It's illegal for Americans to buy or sell any Cuban product that came out of Cuba after 1963. wbeMer it be art or cigars, whether it be from a third country or directly from Cuba." Levine said. Questions about the legal propriety of selling ptr.". h,.w h, Aw"S'nose r 174 ARTWORK / from IA Cuban art in the United States first arose in Miami. just days before the Cuban Muse- um of Arts and Culture held an April 22 auction. Because of the questions, the Little Havana muse- um canceled plans to sell a dozen post-1963 paintings by Cuban artists. For the Cuban Museum, the legal issue was one facet of a larger controversy over whether an institution formed by anti-Com- munist exiles should sell paintings by artists who have not broken with Fidel Castro's government. The dispute led to last week's resignation of a third of the museum's directors. When the legal question sur- faced, auction organizer Ramon Cernuda was surprised. "There's an incredible hyprocri- sy here," he said. "The only one to face this law is us." On May 18, as part of Its twice -yearly auction of Latin American art. Sotheby's plans to offer two p6st-1963 works by Cuban artists. An oil painting by Cuban artist Tomas Sanchez. La- goon and Sea. is valued at about $7,000. It was finished this year and bears the number 88 after the artist's signature. The auction house also plans to auction a pair of modernistic birds, one of pol- ished brass, one of chrome, that were sculpted by Wifredo Lam in 1970. They are valued at about $6.000. Over the last five years. both Christie's and Sotheby's have auc- tioned works painted after the economic blockade by renowned Cuban artists such as Rene Porto- carrero and Amelia Pelaez. Latin American art directors for both houses said they have not requested special permission from the Treasury Department to sell the Cuban art, nor have they ever been challenged for auctioning it. "To have it in the paper may force the Treasury Department to act. I should just remain mute." said Ann Horton, director of Latin American art for Sotheby's. Lisa Palmer, director of the Latin American department at Christie's. also was taken aback by the 1963 law. "Never heard of it. What licens- ing? From whom? There's no such thing. The Treasury Department? I can't imagine what interest it has in this," she said. The law's application to Cuban art is little known among buyers and critics of Latin American art in this country. "I've never heard of that." said Jose Gomez-Sicre, founder of the modern art museum at the Organi- zation of American States, and an expert on Cuban art. Gomez-Sicre questioned the law's validity, say- ing: "It's a piece of private property." But Treasury spokesman Levine said the law prohibiting the sale of Cuban art in the United States is clear. President John F. Kennedy signed the Trading with the Ene- my Act on July 8. 1963. starting an economic blockade of Cuba. "It's highly unlikely any license would be issued for a commercial transaction," he said. "No Ameri- can has the right to buy or sell anything out of Cuba after 1963, no matter how they • got, their, hands on it." In November. Sotheby's sold a 1970 Portocarrero, and two works by Pelaez — a 1966 still-life and a 1965 untitled design. That same month. Christie's sold a 1969 oil by Portocarrero and a 1964 water- color by Pelaez. A review of catalogs by both auction houses shows several sales of post-1963 works by Pelaez and Portocarrero. as well as a 1966 pastel work by Victor Manuel, Portrait of a Woman, offered by Sotheby's In 1985. LUNES 8 DE FEBRERO DE 1988 / EL NUEVO HERALD liar NORMA NIURNA RaNtM,a nho ar plvwr Pop En emoo dias, at hogar de Ramon Cetrnuday Nercys Go - areas le (ale also. Ls cateters de Acosta taft, at gollo de Marls - no, In campesina de Victor Ma- nuel, Ins transpsrentes inagenes de Carla Enriquss han errugrs- do a otra paredes. Pane de Is hermose coleccron de pinture cubes quo Is pares ha I mamon "muca y mercy Ganem Una pareja apasionada por la pintura cubana logrado obtener durante atioe w encuentra en Is G&leria InterA- merkan del Miami•Dado Com- munity College (Recsnt0 del Nuevo Muodo) an una ealubreson QQuo obtents el nombre de Ai C0atw dal Solo XX. los , cuadro& descnben prod Is troyectons de u pinturs cubs; de Is& decsdas de 1920 a 1950. "Cuando vtmoe )as paredes cuadros, mcamos de too closets de debalo de las cane& todoa I cuadros que habl&a verudo menos y los soaamos a colga cuenta divenido Ramon, direct de a Ed,tor:a Cernuda y vrcepr s,dente del M..seo Cubano de y Cultura S_ re,.sua=4 a fal de color � ze af'e Todo to q estab& �'.d:�e;_ ��;sn0 a 49 par des". Esta tare k,�-;n y Ner,�s ercpentw. r• d eL:oru, .. labor an d,a : ; a En ias pared d1l ties;;C_ _ ._, corredores. I of,cxas, se-. .s ce^aces expone tes de es+ ;..'.' .ra. que es u obseston para .a pareja. En Posa a to pdyrna 4 Diu El ante lino de rastrear valiosas pinturas cubanas visat a is pdg " 1C pared de su oftctrss, sekslan el grs: vacto que dejd el cuadro de G Pellon que emigro a Is galerta. Elim se dan s Is tares de rastrear con entususmo vabosas pinturas cubanas por cualgwer Ciudad, en cualquier dpoca del ono; y aseguran que su rnteres no esta en tnverttr dtnero, sino en el smor A ese arte espectfrco y en I. comprenston de sus vslores. ao fue tremando. Deddimo& as oompnr toads en b subife pargtx b otro prometta. Tenfama que regreur a Miami par& polar T/raakapiving con Is familis, Pero cuando se trats de pescar cuadro.. Ramon se ciegs, no piensa en nods mils. Nos lanzamos a Is bdsqueda de too cuadros de Atlanta. Ls noche de rkaniksaivi,rl Is pasamo en elseropuerio". Ramon toma Is palabra y conti- nds: "Llegamos a Casa del diploml- taco y el indivtduo emptera a sacar sin "La pintura cuhanA de esAs cuadros de los closets. D,buios de y deradas et tan buena Como la Amelia Pelaer de In epoca de oo ,nemr de America, tanto Como la Parts, del 27 AI 29. Abelas por a ntexwAna y superior a la norte. montones, vemtttantos Ponocn r". Ameri(AnA de esA opocA", senala rreros. Sen•ando CAhre.ras, Mqa or Nam- F.r. iquella epota estos res de los cuarenta Habra Acumu e• Ail s'd• cctahart tratando de tocar lado 160 cuadros durance Iw Ante ' ^c to r.,t•ano. Pero cnn etULi ruAtro Amos qce vtvru en CubA. F to .noerrnv. no ncadernico y gastadc hombre se pAsn cumprando ue lepgua:c unncr%Al Esta acumulando cuadro, tubanos e. I . ;:u: , c.,bin.i no se gscdA en diebtra y simestra aa(ca to puetler;nA. smo que tray. ''Evtdentemente, sin ;a ma, se nr.I,..0 CUn i;:,enia perfectarnente mfntma noc,on de ar.e. sab13 de r m^rr ns D,r en cualqu,er pane quten debta comprar Como in%er es dc1 p..meta' stet pain venderlo cuAndo is As Nerc yk h,ncap,C en rl sacase de Cuba. Nos dice' Est( n' ,nitres e•r,cxtonal de ellos coin, vista todo a Is yenta, todo o nada lacntrcctonts:As "Si Is obra no nos aquf no es euestton de escoger. St gusta a los dos, no la compramos", querla dedtcarse a vender uno por C dice. "Ea el dtsfrute personal. uno. Regateamos un poco y final. Puede ser uns gran obra y una mente los compromos. AlquJamos gun firma, pero si no nil kp a un statica wnoaap�oo y to tknamos de to dos, no k aomptramos . cuadro'o tWsnvuUmos Pam Miami sin Cernuda vincula a & Poston por p��'; aa to boWMs d a Is pinturs cubes qua to mueve Cltra aascdota k retkre a u depde ham 16 aka a Is poibilWild Ua e1 dos PbrtaIs de atarCamMntO iladiraCtO a au Pam• past polls. rret0, dt 1947. 0 on Is "Para nosotra es fundamental drK uestraactual, b� so Ma• acercunoe a V potria por via de w Pincus. Ese contacto daub cos "Pedtan uns barboridad por el nuestra pintura hace mills u evadero cuadro. W doble de b cue valis on en Qequcft sign i nsto ds idyt el mercedo. Pero a Nueva L- eft tkm Ajena•'. cocal:d. No b compramos, y eW Ramon camensd a cokociorsar estuvo un aho enter* dickndo que mkntssa ndiaba on San )uAnr b debtamos comprar y yo ditieasdo Pue: to Rico, donde vivid 12 aftoe g0d�jp Un AN tom• haste qua Oegd a Miami on 1974. Nercya, que VWtambien on Koss It supron do que no Puerto Rioo huts que vino a on COW Miami en 1979, se ammo al aM "S1 to especiagns en slgo el 0jo cuando empo d a uk con Ramon a va aducsrado', responds Ramon. en 1981. Atinipe se =nodes= ds NDo Canto vtrr tietro, a tf no to iovenatos en Puerto Rico, euarndo Arle-50an U14WIZIMIFT1111110Fera vtanaA tin ta&adro y aAbema r crate Criuiano, y ooadawroa w as busao o no ss buena. Es tsftu atniatad ft cddespds ds cso ke 11 ow qua sa P a M abro Inaba".. sus previa cdnyuga, aw fua ha&q mucha aka deapub. ten Miami. Ella uknte: "Son W tanu que Lticiann wa rotaeida amoro. �esdsibi" a las �qw� , Is M• qw s, La coleccjdn, que so ha mmido en lit'sn Dote de obras que iFalta also a Is oolaoclogi diptomsticos aacaban fuers dos Is Isla, tuv0 ws inkios cuando Ramon "FAltan 11118un4a Cupp de tier compro, en 1972. dos pinturas de toptrstorts. NOG intaraa Is del 4( Andrds Girds (ilustndor de W de Wdredo Lam, qua es muy diftci portsdas de Is revise Corteks, en de encontro y muy era; nos fall Cuba). Actualnsente, conies de tan retrato de lorp Arches; m mils de 300 cuadro dos Ion mafora (alto el pertodo do Abell dt pintores cubwoo. pinturs a(roeubana; Wnenas pope Ramon y Nercys, con sentido del WMtoab Will, paid nos (alto tin I. humor y slegr(s, dis(rutan ado minuto del proceso en la Wpusda En Is ewsklon que se manten de Ins pinturas. drill en is lnterAmerkm Itasca c "TO no sabes to que es coo, to 30 ds nutao, el director de 4 una aventurs, uns' cacerfa", its gale ia, Sheldon Lurie. hi elegtd, Ramon, obra de Ins dkodas de 1920 ; Y Nercys as anima enaeguida: 1950. Sin srt►bsrgo, tambWA a, "Vamos a consuls Is Wtku align. encuetstratt cbraa posterbres d, turn." Agustin Fernandes y Gina Pellon All. cuando nil passmo y de Is d6c&da de 1960, con Mgt Thanksgivin metido en un hotel Acosta Lon y Mtosta Ems; as . esperando. Ku et cuento compia Como un oleo de Arturo Rodrl to . agregs !I, eatuaiasmado. sguuees:, de Miami, que pare Ramon "Ha smog ado a uns subsoils do Nereys.es un favoilito. Nueva York y uno Amip , qua a Mientras enri uecen Is cislec dtalcr de Arts, nos table ds un cldn, ells wguirilin bwcando pin dipldmatko belgs qua vlve en tura Cubans por el mu ndo. Ahor; i usta Atlanta y his Una cantWW en sobre is pia. „concrete l de obra OWN de la a30.40 espectfaw". segim Ramon, ds ul 50 y ", relata Neraftn, "IMS(nets, Cttedro ds Gatom ossws viljal 98-4042 b� 98-4042 b� OBRAS DE MAS DE 70 ARTISTAS CUBANOS, FUNDAMENTALMENTE: V �^ ABELA • ABREU FELIPPE • ACOSTA LEON • RAMON ALEJANDRO • MARIO BENCOMO CONDO BERMUDEZ • CABRERA MORENO • CALZADA • PABLO CANO • CAMACHO AGUSTIN CARDENAS • RAMON CARULLA • MIGUEL CUBILES • BERNARDO CUETO JOSt L. CUEVAS • H. CHANDLER • E. CHARTRAND • DEMI • ROBERTO E. DOMINGUEZ ELIAS DURNHORD • CARLOS ENRIOUEZ • E. ESCOBEDO • R. ESTOPINAN • E. FALERO AGUSTIN FERNANDEZ • ARISTIDES FERNANDEZ • JOAQUIN FERRER • ILEANA FERRER GIL GARCIA • HERNAN GARCIA • VICTOR MANUEL • GARCIA NAPOLES • GARCIA YORK E. GAY GARCIA • JULIO GIRONA • LOURDES GOMEZ FRANCA • CARMELO GONZALEZ ELADIO GONZALEZ • OSVALDO GUTIERREZ • HERNANDEZ ROJO • MIGUEL JORGE WIFREDO LAM • VICTOR P. DE LANDALUZE • RAOUEL LAZARO • CARLOS M. LUIS N. MAINIERI • MARIANO • RAUL MARTINEZ • L. MARTINEZ PEDRO • C. MASSAGUER R. MATTA • R. MCALLISTER • M. MENDIVE • F. MIALHE • JOSE M. MIJARES • RAUL MILIAN E. MORALES • FELIPE ORLANDO • ORTELIUS • AMELIA PELAEZ • GINA PELLON DENIS PERKINS • F. PONCE • R. PORTOCARRERO • DOMINGO RAMOS • E. RIVERON ARTURO RODRIGUEZ • JOSE M. RODRIGUEZ • L. ROMANACH • SANCHEZ FELIPE MIRTA SERRA • RAFAEL SORIANO • CESAR TRASOBARES • A. VALERIO • J. WETROHAWK ... Y OTROS TA + . 031S3nO3W N01103UUOO SS3kl00V E' zZ . _ 800-SbZ£E BPIJOI:l 'IWO!" W .-1 = 909ZSIF X08 'O'd 1 CUYM WUSIYIMNARTS Ron) C. LA Mm MpOF ruuo eu•Mra D! ARM v unTulu. we �!+ SUBASTA ICE ARTE CUBANO QUE JA" SE HAYA CELEBRADO 88-401 88-40,l'... 88-461 0 mtjGURACION El Museo Cubano de Arte y Cultura . tiene el gusto de imitarle al coctel inaugural y a la exhibicion de las obras de su SEGUNDA SUBASTA DE ARTE, que tendril lugar el tiemes 15 de abril, de 7:00 p.m a 10:00 p.m. Iugar: Museo Cubano de Arte y Cultura 1300 S.W. 12th Avenue, Miami, Florida KHIBICIO EN A partir del dia 16, y hasty el 21 de abril, MAS DE 160 OBRAS que seran subastadas se exhibiran durante los siguientes horarios: Sa"bado 16 v domingo 17: de 1:00 pm. a 7:00 p.m. Del lanes 18 al jueves 21: de 10:00 a.m. a 7:00 p.m. Lugar: Museo Cubano de Arte y Cultura 1300 S.W. 12th Avenue, Miami, Florida SUBASM - El viemes 22 de abril, a las 7:30 p.m., puntualmente, se subastaran las obras exhibidas. Puede inAtar a sus Pamiliares y amigos. la entrada es gratis. Lugar; Auditorium de la Fscuela "Saints Peter and Paul" (Al frente del Museo Cubano) 1435 S.W. 12th Avenue, 3er piso, Miami, Florida fbbrJ amplio espacio para el esracionamiento de autombviles, y suficientes asientos pata todos los asistentes. R8-401 . 88-403- AB-402. ;, J