On Wednesday, January 21, 2015, the Bronx Museum of the Arts announced that it will embark on a groundbreaking art exchange with Cuba’s El Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes (MNBA). The news comes on the heels of President Obama’s recently publicized plan to resume diplomatic relations with Cuba. The venture is the most significant visual arts collaboration between the two countries in the last fifty years.

The initiative, which is titled Wild Noise: Artwork from The Bronx Museum of the Arts and El Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, is the culmination of years of planning and collaboration.