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.

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-people contact.

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

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.

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 space for critical reflection and people look to it for that.

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; there's no comparison with the number in New York.

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