The Faculty of Architecture at the Autonomous University of Yucatán (UADY), in Mérida, Yucatán, is organizing an extensive program of activities to mark its 53rd anniversary. Scheduled for September 2026, the program will bring together students, professors, local artists, specialists, and key venues within both the academic campus and the broader institutional circuit.
Cuban art will have an exceptional presence within these activities, thanks to the coordination efforts carried out over recent months among David Reynaldo Alcocer González, Director of the Faculty of Architecture at UADY; Leonardo Rodríguez, Director of the Museum of Contemporary Art of the Americas (MoCAA); Karla Patricia Berrón Cámara, Director of Identity and Culture of Mérida; art critic and Artcrónica director David Mateo; MoCAA Deputy Director Ivonne Ferrer; and artist Enrique Miralles, known as Tente, coordinator of the Praxis Havana project.
A significant selection of works from the MoCAA collection in Kendall, Florida, will be presented at the Museo de la Ciudad. Encompassing a range of artistic practices and tracing a historical arc from the so-called Cuban avant-garde to the present, the exhibition will offer audiences a broad view of Cuban art across generations, languages, and aesthetic concerns. The show will be accompanied by the presence of its curators, Leonardo Rodríguez and Ivonne Ferrer, respectively General Director and Deputy Director of the U.S.-based institution. Both will lead spaces for exchange and deliver specialized talks for UADY students and faculty members.
On this occasion, artist Ivonne Ferrer will also inaugurate a solo exhibition of recent work at the gallery of the Fórum Universitario. In addition, she will offer a lecture addressing the technical procedures and conceptual foundations that guide her practice in the field of visual arts.
For his part, David Mateo will present three printed issues of Artcrónica magazine devoted to Cuban art, with a focus on areas such as sculpture, design, and architecture. He will also deliver a lecture on his trajectory as a journalist and art critic, as well as on his work within cultural media.
