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Episode 2: What the Wall Label Doesn’t Tell You

Death of an Artist

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Analyzed by Tanya Brugara, a Cuban Artist and Activist

Anna Mendieta was 11 years old when Fidel Castro's revolutionary army forced President Batista out of power. Her father, Ignacio Mendieta, became an elite counter-revolutionary working clandestinely to challenge Castro's power. Anna has been detained several times by the Cuban authorities because of her art and her activism.

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