Llilian Llanes Godoy was the founding director of Cuba’s principal contemporary art museum, the Centro Wifredo Lam. A former art history professor at the University of Havana, she has written numerous articles on Third World art, a subject that still draws her to international conferences. From 1984 to 1999 she organized six Havana Biennials, bringing together art from around the world. She is the author of The Houses of Old Cuba (Thames and Hudson, 1998).
Her roles have included President for Cuba of AICA (International Association of Art Critics), Director of Art Situation Inc., Art Director of Art OnCuba magazine, and Director and Head Curator of the Havana Biennial at the Centro Wifredo Lam; she also works as a curator, guest lecturer and freelance writer.
