Eskil, one of the sons of Cuban artist Wilfredo Lam (1902-1982), notes that his father was at once well-known and not known. Lam's life, like his work, was complex and therefore difficult to summarize and classify, which led him to be treated for a long time as a marginal figure within the history of Western art, despite being one of the pioneers of modernism. Now, the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in New York wants to pay him the well-deserved tribute he never received in his lifetime.
Spanish prosecutors are investigating the potential collaboration between General Franco's dictatorship and Nazi Germany, focusing on the deportation of thousands of exiled Spaniards to death camps during WWII.
