Geles Cabrera 1929 - 2026

 

Sin Título, 1971, natural fibers and iron, 37 ⅜ × 17 ¾ × 17 ¾ inches, courtesy Agustina Ferreyra

 

EU

 

ROPE

 

Yayoi Kusama 1929 - 2026

Dedicated to Arthur Rimbaud, 1988, mixed media, 13 x 9 x 6 in., courtesy Michael Rosenfeld

 

I am obligated to do another Sílvia Pérez Cruz post because she spoke up for Cuba last Friday at the Hollywood Bowl at Gustavo Dudamel's last concert as LA Philharmonic director, and then on Sunday performed a free concert by candlelight in the 17th century Iglesia de San Francisco El Nuevo in Havana.  In LA she performed two songs: Pequeño Vals Vienés and the Venezuelan classic Tonada de Luna Llena by Simón Díaz ("Yo vide una garza moro/ Dándole combate a un río").

The Sílvia song I seem to listen to most frequently is her Cucurrucucú paloma, 

 

the Mexican song written in 1954 by Tomás Méndez for Pedro Infante to serenade in the 1955 comedy School for Tramps, then performed by Lola Beltrán in the movie named after the song,

 

and also performed by Caetano Veloso, Lila Downs, Natalia Lafourcade, and many others, imitating the call of the mourning dove.

Sliman Mansour 1947 - 2026

Alleys of Al-Quds, 2009

 

8/24/2026, Water treatment facility, Sheikh Radwan, Gaza City, Saeeed Jaras, Anadolu Agency

8/24/2026, Shati refugee camp, Gaza City, Saeed Jaras