The Cuban Embassy mourns the passing of our friend Maximilian Reiss, founder of the Cuban Museum of Fine Arts in Vienna
Vienna, June 30, 2026—The Cuban Embassy in Austria expresses its deep sorrow at the passing of our dear friend Maximilian Reiss, a distinguished Austrian collector who dedicated his life to promoting Cuban art in Europe. Reiss was the founder and director of the Cuban Museum of Fine Arts, the first museum of Cuban art in Europe, which opened in 2010 in the former headquarters of the Cuban Embassy in Vienna—a space that became the first museum exclusively dedicated to Cuban art outside the island.




