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“Before and After Santa Fe”: A Letter from Cuban Artist Luis Rodríguez Arias
"My existence as a painter is divided between before and after knowing that city." These are the words of Cuban artist Luis Rodríguez Arias, founder of Grupo Bayate, whose powerful letter from 2018 captures what Santa Fe—and the International Folk Art Market—meant for his life, his family, and his future.