The art gallery founded on April 16th, 1982 in the municipality of La Lisa started to be known as Domingo Ravenet since September 14th, 1984. It was establish on the occasion of the 15th anniversary of the passing away of this extraordinary artist, a promoter of the vanguard plastic.

He was born in Spain and developed almost all a visual art expressions: painting, sculpture, engraving, ceramics, drawing, and graphic design. The monument to the Héroes de Cacarajícara (Heroes of Cacarajícara) and to the Vegueros, in the provinces of Pinar Del Río and La Habana respectively, are notable among his innumerable huge sculptures. He was the pioneer of the fresco painting in Cuba. Ravenet was part of the group of artists from the Vanguard who renovated the Cuban art.  He died in Havana on September 14th, 1969. The gallery Domingo Ravenet has promoted the study, recovery and promotion of Applied Arts; supported by the original antecedents of this municipality: the pottery industry, which is developed since the first quarter of the 18 century and the ceramic from El Cano and the glass Factory in La Lisa, the only one to produce artistic glass works in the country and the number of craftspeople and artists living in the region.

This cultural center is located in a modern and spacious building that is divided in different attraction areas; exhibition halls where personal and collective works are exhibited and a multipurpose hall for different uses, such as lectures and movie shows and other activities.