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Clara Porset: Revolutionary by Design

By Christina L. De León

The fraught legacy of one of Latin America's most recognizable designers.

This article is part of AQ's debut culture supplement, Cultura. To see the rest of the issue, click here

Legend has it that the idea for Cuba’s national arts schools was born over beers and a round of golf between Fidel Castro and Ernesto “Che” Guevara in the early days of the Communist revolution. Walking the fairways of an abandoned country club in Cubanacán, the two discussed plans for a tuition-free consortium of schools for dance, music, visual and dramatic arts that they believed would provide...

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