The Museum of Art and Design at MDC presents, until May 10, 2026, an exhibition dedicated to the artistic practice of Belkis Ayón (1967-1999) and Carlos Alfonso (1950-1991). All roads lead to Italy ...

Belkis Ayón was a Cuban printmaker whose black, gray, and white collographs refer to the mythology of Abakuá, an Afro-Cuban religious fraternity, often fusing it with Christian iconography. Ayón takes ...

It would be difficult to overstate the significance of putting women into the male roles of such an iconic patriarchal symbol, not only in the context of 1990s Cuba, but also in reference to Abakuá ...

Ayón's work, a masterful blend of varied, greyscale textures, highlights a single female entity with which she'd greatly identified. Afro-Cuban feminist legend Belkis Ayón is celebrated as a master ...

In her late teens, the Cuban artist Belkis Ayón became fascinated by Abakuá, an ancient Afro-Cuban tradition centered on the transmission of sacred knowledge, shared in secret lodges restricted to men ...

The huge, bold, myth-inspired prints of the late Cuban artist Belkis Ayón dramatically launch a revamped Modern Art Oxford. At the Ashmolean, a cabinet of curiosities… Belkis Ayó n was a charismatic ...

This weekend we spring forward, so the days are about to get a whole lot brighter. Celebrate the daylight with something from our list of recommended things to do. Through 4/11: Artist Tony Tasset’s ...

The Cuban artist’s big, richly textured collographs—made by running collaged cardboard through a printing press—are populated by mysterious, silhouetted figures with piercing, almond-shaped eyes. They ...

Ten years ago, one of Cuba's leading young artists took her own life, with no warning to family or friends. Her name was Belkis Ayon, and a major exhibit of her work is now under way in Havana. The ...

Afro-Cuban feminist legend Belkis Ayón is celebrated as a master printmaker whose work is largely centered on the Abakuá, an exclusively male, Afro-Cuban secret society that originated in Nigeria and ...