Article: Cuban exhibit by famed artist Louise Bourgeois passes political, bureaucratic hurdles

ANITA SNOW, Associated Press Writer
AP Worldstream
02-04-2005
Dateline: HAVANA
Organizers maneuvered through a web of Cold War politics and bureaucratic red tape this week to bring Louise Bourgeois' renowned giant spider sculpture for the first major show by a contemporary American artist in communist Cuba.

Recently tightened U.S. restrictions against the island made it necessary to ship the marble and metal sections of the 12-ton work by boat from Canada, rather than the United States. Special U.S. Treasury Department licenses to allow the show to be held were sought as long ago as last August.

And then organizers had to deal with the idiosyncrasies of this Caribbean island.

Just hours before ...

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