Detainees began to make art almost as soon as they arrive at the United States military prison camp known as Guantánamo Bay. The exhibit includes nearly a hundred of these evocative works, made by six men, all of whom were eventually …

The Guantanamo Bay Museum of Art and History, located at the former site of the Guantanamo Bay Detention Camp in Cuba, is an institution dedicated to remembering the U.S. prison which was active between 2002 and 2012 before it was permanently decommissioned and closed.

2025年1月30日 · As editors of the recently published book “ The Guantánamo Artwork and Testimony of Moath al-Alwi: Deaf Walls Speak,” we found that art-making in Guantánamo was …

2017年12月20日 · It’s a remarkable piece, but it had only been seen by a handful of people: guards, lawyers, detainees and the few journalists allowed inside the high-security facility. But …

2025年2月2日 · As editors of the recently published book The Guantánamo Artwork and Testimony of Moath al-Alwi: Deaf Walls Speak, we found that art-making in Guantánamo was …

2012年10月22日 · Opening at NYU’s Kimmel Center for University Life Windows Gallery in December 2012 and traveling to 9 sites (and counting) across the country through at least 2014, the exhibit will explore GTMO’s history from US occupation in 1898 to …

2024年7月24日 · Guantánamo/GTMO: Cuba’s easternmost province, occupied territory, U.S. military base, prison, refuge, natural habitat, torture site, symbol, legal exception and geographical reference of the famous “Guajira guantanamera” song. Esther Whitfield’s book gathers an unprecedented cultural archive exploring many Guantánamos.

2014年2月19日 · Like the “Waterboard Thrill Ride” and the digital rendition of GTMO in Second Life, Guantanamo Bay: The Hunger Strikes navigates closed access with artistic representations.

2012年10月16日 · Not only was the art making effective therapy, but the images of paintings produced by detainees also provided a rare positive public relations opportunity for Camp X-Ray. The use of art is not new to Guantanamo. Haitian and Cuban refugees, as well as current detainees, have produced art expressing their diverse experiences.

2023年2月10日 · The news comes four months after current and former prisoners wrote an open letter to President Biden, urging him to reverse the Trump-era policy and free their art.