Mexican Cathedral Exhibits Virgin of La Caridad del Cobre Prensa Latina
go to original June 26, 2012

An exhibition of Cuban contemporary art, with the issue of the Virgin of La Caridad del Cobre, is being showcased today at the Cathedral of Mexico City.

The display will be shown for one month and includes 14 pieces from many painters, among them Joel Jover, Lazaro Saavedra, Juan Carlos Alom, Yunaika Martin, Alicia Leal, Italo Exposito, Denys San Jorge, Eduardo Yanez, and Liudmila Lopez.

The exhibition is part of a collection of 50 paints, which toured Cuba on the occasion of the 400th anniversary of the finding of the image of the virgin of La Caridad del Cobre, at the Bay of Nipe, in eastern Cuba.

Cardenal Norberto Rivera said after opening the exhibition, "opening the doors of the Cathedral to receive the Virgin of La Caridad del Cobre, we open the doors to all the Cuban people."

Poet Waldo Leyva, cultural adviser of the Cuban embassy, stated that La Caridad del Cobre is a living part of the religious and cultural life of the Cubans.

The exhibit's curator Susette Martinez highlighted the fraternal relations between Mexico and Cuba.

The collection, entitled "Virgin of La Caridad del Cobre: multiple glances in the Cuban contemporary fine arts," was also recently exhibited at the main gallery of the Mexican Art Center.

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