About Vicki:
Vicki Gold Levi is a collector, curator and author with two Cuban books to her name, “CubaStyle “with Steve Heller and “Promising Paradise” with Rosa Lowinger and Frank Luca.” Both books based on her collections. She also co-authored with Heller, “Times Square Style “and with Lee Eisenberg “Atlantic City: 125 Years of Ocean Madness.” Recently she co-curated and managed the “Atlantic City Experience,” a interactive permanent exhibition in Jim Whelan Boardwalk Hall on the Boardwalk, and was an consultant on the HBO series “Boardwalk Empire”. Now appearing through January, 2019 at the Wolfsonian Museum is the exhibit based on her collection; “Cuban Caricature and Culture: The Art if Massaguer.”
Conrado Massaguer (1889-1965): Cuban Deco Trendsetter
Cuba’s most famous graphic artist, Conrado Massaguer ( 1889-1965) helped shape the visual culture of his native country between the 1920’s and 1950’s. As founder and art director of Cuba’s most important magazines, Social and Carteles, he advanced modernist aesthetics, and disseminated images of the “new woman.” Massaguer synthesized the social and artistic trends of North America, Europe and Latin America, becoming a tastemaker in Cuba. The Wolfsonian- FIU Museum in Miami Beach is now presenting a focused installation,“Cuba Caricature and Culture – The Art of Massaguer,” based on the donated collection of drawings and ephemera of Conrado Massaguer from Vicki Gold Levi.
