Because there's such a long tradition of the arts being very prominent and very varied in Cuban culture and society, people do use the art world as a….

US policy toward Cuba [at the time] had two tracks. Track 1 was to assassinate Fidel Castro. Track 2 was to subvert the regime through people-to-peop….

There aren't that many galleries in Havana. There are a few state galleries and an ever-increasing but still limited number of independent galleries;….

Cuban artists had, for a while, a privileged position within Cuba that is probably going to become slightly less restricted to them. I think they'll ….

I feel like because black Cuban artists don't have the kind of pressure to thematize race in the way that African-American artists do, there's more s….

I think the art world will continue to be a place where people have a certain freedom and creativity to think about what's happening in Cuba..

The really great gallerists have always been interested in imagery that is not that imagery..

I feel like Havana has always been such an amazing, cosmopolitan city that it makes sense that a lot of galleries will want to be present..

I'm incredibly enthusiastic about the normalization, I think it's very promising. But I do think there are some worrisome aspects..