Delegates of Argentina, Brazil, the United States, Puerto Rico and other countries will accompany hosts at Havana’s Hotel Nacional de Cuba, a facility that is an example of this design movement, more popular from 1920 to 1939 and the influence of which lasted until the 1950’s.

Gladys Collazo, president of the Habanadeco Group, one of the sponsors of the meeting along with the International Coalition of Art Deco Societies (ICADS), explained on Monday to the press that the Congress will go beyond theoretical meetings to include artistic activities.

Scheduled to begin on March 7, the Havana Art Deco Festival will include a film cycle with Cuban movies made and set in the first half of the 20th century, exhibitions of posters and magazine covers, presentation of books and dance galas, she pointed out.

Gustavo Lopez, general coordinator of the Congress, specified that lectures will be given in other venues in the capital, like Havana’s Casa de las Americas cultural institution, the National Museum of Decorative Arts, and the America Theater, examples of this current in the city.