#decree 349

Alejandro Campins' 'Pleamar' (2018) from the 'Letargo' series

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“You cannot be living oblivious of the political time you are in, and artists are the people who can actually say what other people have not yet formed… Dignity has no rest. Dignity doesn't rest.” –Tania Bruguera

On December 3, 2018, Cuban police detained Tania Bruguera and several other Cuban artists for protesting Decree 349. This new law would prohibit independent artists from operating in private and public spaces without the approval of the government. We stand in solidarity with Bruguera and the artists of Cuba in supporting free expression and saying #NoAlDecreto349.

MoMA Chief Curator of Media and Performance Art Stuart Comer and Director of Editorial and Content Strategy Leah Dickerman called the artist days after her release from police custody. Listen as Bruguera shares more about her arrest, how Decree 349 will affect the artistic community in Cuba, and the connection between her activism and her art: mo.ma/decree349

Cuba: arrested artists freed – but for how long?

As Decree 349 came into force last week, Cuban artists protesting Decree 349 were arrested.

Artists included Tania Bruguera, currently exhibiting in Tate Modern’s Turbine Hall. Under Decree 349, the Cuban government had decreed that any art not sponsored by the government would be impounded, the artists who made it arrested, along with any supporter, buyer of art, venue that put on art events…

Decree 349: Cuba clamps down on artists

From 1 December this year, all art production in Cuba will need to be agreed by the Cuban government, or artists risk work confiscated, destroyed and imprisonment. In a draconian move, Cuban president Miguel Díaz-Canel has passed Decree 349 which censors artists and their work.

Decree 349 is vaguely worded which allows for a larger remit for the authorities to take issue with artistic production.…