Amid calls to boycott the Havana Biennial, artists and dealers are using Miami Art Week as a bullhorn
Artist and activist who has fled her home country says it is “immoral” to travel to Cuba "when there are so many people [there] who have been wrongfully imprisoned”
Wilfredo Prieto's public art comes out of his nomadic life as an artist
Art fares poorly when parroting official narratives, especially when that messaging is opposed to the values of free speech and an open society
Works on view draw on themes of collaboration and agency, at the same time the government seeks to control what art can be shown on the island
As the cultural event gets under way, a Cuban-American artist is also blocked from entering Cuba
Dealers mount work that responds to political tensions while noting art is a 'difficult business' in Havana
Local artists show alongside established international names, as collectors and exhibitors circumvent trade restrictions