 Book on the matrix of the art world Showing unconditional compromise, as champions of the recognition of contemporary artists as essential components of the society, these Cuban intellectuals have used their creative freedom for drawing the attention of decision makers of the art world on the relevance of protecting artists from noxious forces that restrict the beneficial impact of a Publication of peer-review paper The prestigious academic journal Art Documentation has published a 5 pages article dealing with my career. The paper, entitled “Catalogue Raisonné of the Work of Fidel Micó: A Case Study” (Art Documentation 34, no. 2, 2015, p. 349-353, http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/683379), describes the methodology used by the independent scholar José A. Bux
The pleasures of authentication Yesterday, I was surprized by an almost imperceptible press release, among hundreds of thousands that usually populate the information world, although decorated with the most subtle asymmetry. Times when I felt that I had been born just to enjoy the most luxurious pleasures of aesthetics, to become into artworks all that I couldn´t sing nor to writ
Crossing the old paradox This real story crosses the interface between parallel universes of the human creation. Havana’s Sunday use to be a quiet day when people visit friends, family, and spiritual leaders of our more than 400 religions. Last Sunday was different for me, because a scientist had told me, a day before, that I had lost my time reading critical assessments o
Warning to collectors, galleries, and auction houses A few months ago, I started to receive a significant amount of phone calls asking me for authenticity of my artworks. In most cases, the pieces were never painted by me, but all they had been sold as mine. I mean, approximate imitations of my signature were included in an undetermined amount of paintings, and were sold to private collectors. The fo
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