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99% Invisible
It was published in 1999 and told the story of the Cuban art schools, which was previously a taboo subject, inspiring many and eventually prompting Fidel Castro to commit to restoring them.
John Loomis who we've been talking to throughout this episode published his book about the schools called Revolution of Forms.
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It was published in 1999 and told the story of the Cuban art schools, which was previously a taboo subject, inspiring many and eventually prompting Fidel Castro to commit to restoring them.
John Loomis who we've been talking to throughout this episode published his book about the schools called Revolution of Forms.
And through Revolution of Forms Felipe finally learned the story of this place where he had studied for five years.
The year Revolution of Forms came out, Fidel Castro publicly committed to restoring them.
Special thanks of course to John Loomis, author of Revolution of Forms.
I was accused in Cuba of being an employee of the CIA and writing this book to embarrass Cuba and that's... I don't think it embarrasses Cuba. I hope not.