MUSEUM TRAVEL ALLIANCE. Cuba: An Insider s View XIII Havana Art Biennial. With local experts Wilfredo Benítez and Joel Estévez González

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1 MUSEUM TRAVEL ALLIANCE Cuba: A Isider s View XIII Havaa Art Bieial With local experts Wilfredo Beítez ad Joel Estévez Gozález April 23 28, 2019

2 MUSEUM TRAVEL ALLIANCE Dear Travelers ad Frieds, Please joi the Museum Travel Alliace ad Motclair Art Museum for a uique opportuity to immerse yourself i oe of the most iterestig art festivals i the Wester Hemisphere. The thematically based Havaa Bieial features the best of Cuba visual artists as well as those from Lati America, the Caribbea, Africa, Asia, ad the Middle East. This special trip is desiged for art lovers ad collectors be it your first time i Havaa or as a repeat visitor to this amazig city. Migle with curators, artists, ad collectors at the XIII Havaa Art Bieial. I the last Havaa Bieial, more tha 200 artists participated, with works i over 80 locatios throughout the city. The festival is cetered at the Spaish fortress kow as La Cabaña, which offers icredible views of the city ad harbor etrace. We will also experiece Old Havaa o a walkig tour, visit a cigar factory, savor a mojito at the Hotel Nacioal, ad meet emergig artists i their homes ad studios. We look forward to welcomig you o this sigular exploratio of Cuba ad the Havaa Bieial, i the cogeial compay of members from a umber of museums ad cultural istitutios. Fábrica de Arte Cubao (FAC) Sicerely, Lora Urbaelli Director, Motclair Art Museum HIGHLIGHTS ENJOY exclusive access to festivities ad evets at the XIII Havaa Art Bieial ad coect with artists, collectors, museums curators, ad gallery dealers; etry pass for Bieial sites ad prited materials LEARN about Cuba art ad architecture durig coversatios with the Wilfredo Beítez, Executive Director of The Ludwig Foudatio of Cuba, ad Joel Estévez Gozález, a architect ad urba plaer MEET local ad iteratioal artists durig the Havaa Bieial as well as i their homes ad studios ENJOY the art of dace by attedig a iformal morig rehearsal of cotemporary dace TOUR the famous Natioal Arts School complex, ot typically ope to the public TAKE a private curatorial tour of the Museum of Fie Arts STAY at the elegat Hotel Saratoga, i the UNESCO-recogized Old City

3 Cuba: A Isider s View XIII Havaa Art Bieial April 23 28, 2019 Coló Cemetery, photo by Robi Thom Studet at Istituto Superior de Arte (ISA) TUESDAY, APRIL 23: DEPARTURE / HAVANA, CUBA Arrive idepedetly i Havaa, where you will be met at the José Martí Airport ad trasferred to the elegat Hotel Saratoga, our home for five ights. Located i the heart of the city, this historic hotel overlooks the Capitolio ad Paseo Prado. I the early eveig, ejoy a itroductory coversatio by Wilfredo Beítez, Executive Director of The Ludwig Foudatio of Cuba. The tour the Hotel Nacioal (1930), origially desiged by McKim, Mead & White. After explorig the history ad architecture of this reowed hotel, have a mojito o a terrace overlookig the sea. Our welcome dier is at a paladar, a privately owed restaurat that operates with the special permissio of the Cuba govermet. D WEDNESDAY, APRIL 24: HAVANA Joi Joel Estévez Gozález, a architect ad urba plaer, for a morig talk followed by a walkig tour of Old Havaa focusig o the four mai squares: the Plaza de Armas, Plaza de Sa Fracisco de Asís, Plaza Vieja, ad Plaza de la Catedral. After luch at a restaurat ear the cathedral, explore exhibitios ad participate i evets of the XIII Havaa Art Bieial. This eveig, visit the Ludwig Foudatio for the Arts for a special presetatio o the orgaizatio s missio ad the youg cotemporary artists it supports. The Foudatio s Director will host a cocktail receptio ad dier o the pethouse terrace, where we will be joied by some of the city s emergig artists. Late eveig etertaimet is available at several famed music veues icludig the Tropicaa. B,L,R,D THURSDAY, APRIL 25: HAVANA Early this morig, take a guided tour of a local cigar factory. The drive to the complex of the Natioal Arts Schools ad the Istituto Superior de Arte (ISA), Cuba s leadig art school. E route see the eighborhood of Miramar, ad lear about its glamorous history i the Havaa of the 50s. At ISA joi a professor (who is a artist) for a guided visit through the school s studios ad work spaces. Followig luch embark o a architectural tour of the city, focusig o the Art Deco ad Mid-Cetury masterpieces that defie Havaa s historic style, led by Joel Estévez Gozález. For those who wish, we have arraged a eveig tour of Fábrica de Arte Cubao (FAC), a coverted cookig oil factory that has become the city s hippest art space. B,L

4 FRIDAY, APRIL 26: HAVANA Atted a iformal morig rehearsal of the Cotemporary Dace Compay of Cuba at the Teatro Nacioal, located adjacet to the Plaza de la Revolució. The visit Coló Cemetery, whose may moumets commemorate Cuba heroes, statesme, ad ovelists. I the afteroo atted a discussio o Cuba s curret reality by a former deputy miister for foreig affairs. Cotiue to meet some of the city s leadig artists i their homes ad studios for lively discussios of Cuba s thrivig cotemporary art scee before dier at a paladar. B,D SATURDAY, APRIL 27: HAVANA This morig take a private curatorial tour of the Museo Nacioal de Bellas Artes, which houses a remarkably comprehesive collectio of works by Cuba artists, led by Wilfredo Beítez. The remaider of the day is reserved for further Bieial evets ad discussios with emergig artists. Our farewell dier is at oe of Havaa s top paladares. B,D ACCOMMODATIONS HOTEL SARATOGA Located i atmospheric Old Havaa, the historic Hotel Saratoga reopeed i 2005 after a extesive refurbishmet that preserved the origial façade. Reowed i the 1930s for the iteratioal artists ad socialites who stayed here, today s Saratoga caters to discerig travelers with iterests i history ad culture as well as Havaa s famous ightlife. From its prime perch o the Paseo del Prado opposite the icomparable Capitolio buildig, the Saratoga features a rooftop pool, restaurat, ad bar with views of the city, as well as a lobby restaurat, mezzaie bar, busiess ceter, spa, ad fitess ceter. All rooms have air coditioig, showers ad separate bathtubs, hairdryers, makeup mirrors, safes, miibars, telephoes, satellite TVs, ad DVD players. Hotel Saratoga SUNDAY, APRIL 28: HAVANA / RETURN Group ad idividual airport trasfers will be arraged this morig for flights home. Pedig flight schedules, visit the Museum of Decorative Arts, housed i a former masio completed i 1927, or retur to the Bieial. B DISCLAIMER: The itierary is subject to chage at the discretio of Motclair Art Museum ad The Museum Travel Alliace. For complete details, please carefully read the terms ad coditios at PROGRAM RATE $4,999 per perso, double occupacy $6,249 sigle rate RATE INCLUDES Five ights accommodatios as per itierary Meals as idicated i the itierary (B=Breakfast, L=Luch, R=Receptio, D=Dier); bottled water ad coffee/tea with all meals; house wie ad beer at welcome ad farewell diers HAV airport/hotel/hav airport trasfers for all participats Escorted sightseeig by private motor coach; etrace fees for icluded visits Erichmet program of lectures ad special evets Taxes, service, ad porterage charges; gratuities to local guides ad drivers NOT INCLUDED IN RATE Iteratioal airfare; Cuba visa; Cuba Departure tax; limited Cuba health isurace policy (required for all foreig travelers to Cuba uder age 80); passport fees; meals ot specified; alcoholic beverages other tha as oted i iclusios; persoal items ad expeses; excess baggage; trip isurace; ay other items ot specifically metioed as icluded. Havaa Art Bieial istallatio, photo by Chas Miller

5 Plaza de la Catedral, photo by Jaimedelamata MONTCLAIR ART MUSEUM CUBA: AN INSIDER S VIEW XIII HAVANA ART BIENNIAL RESERVATION FORM APRIL 23 28, 2019 To reserve a place, please call The Museum Travel Alliace at or , fax: ; or complete ad retur this form with your deposit of $1,000 per perso (of which $500 is o-refudable for admiistrative fees) payable to The Museum Travel Alliace. Mail to: The Museum Travel Alliace, 1040 Aveue of the Americas, 23rd floor, New York, NY Name(s) i full as o passport(s). Please prit. Mother's Maide Name Address City State Zip Telephoe (home) (busiess) Fax ACCOMMODATIONS Hotel room preferece I wish to share a room with p Oe bed p Two beds p Sigle FORM OF PAYMENT p Eclosed is my check (payable to The Museum Travel Alliace) p Debit card p Credit card Name o credit card Credit card umber 3- or 4-digit security code Expiratio date I/We cofirm that I/we have carefully read ad agree to the Terms & Coditios of this Program (see to review or call for a copy). I/We agree to full paymet 120 days prior to departure. Each participat must sig below. Sigature (required) Date Sigature (required) Frot cover photos from top right: Art istallatio by Kcho, 2015 Havaa Bieial; Possible Chaces art istallatio, 2012 Havaa Bieial, photo by David Schroeder; art istallatio, 12th Havaa Bieial, photo by Chas Miller; art istallatio, 12th Havaa Bieial. Date B_19LNDHAV0423_MAM