CNN. November 21, 2000.
Web posted at: 6:23 p.m. EST (2323 GMT)
HAVANA, Cuba (CNN) -- It was an event that brought art and charity together
-- and U.S. citizens and Cubans.
Art collectors, gallery owners and critics from the United States attended a
recent auction of Cuban artwork -- in Havana, a country that has long been off
limits to U.S. citizens.
More than 70 Cuban artists donated their works to raise money to buy cancer
medicine from the United States for Cuban children. The medicine is to be
delivered to the Oncology Hospital in Havana.
U.S. interest in Cuban art has increased in recent years. So has the
willingness to pay high prices.
Three of the 82 art works sold for more than $10,000, a large amount of
money considering the U.S. government has traditionally imposed a $200-per-day
spending limit on U.S. citizens licensed to do business in Cuba.
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