For more posts like this, follow Ultrafacts
I’M MOVING TO MEXICO
You’d better be a good artist then.
Mexico has offered this deal to some artists since 1957, quietly amassing a large modern art collection.
“It’s really an amazing concept,” says José San Cristóbal Larrea, director of the program. “We’re helping out artists while building a cultural inheritance for the country.”
A 10-member jury of artists ensures that no one tries to unload junk.
Under the program, the Ministry of Finance and Public Credit now owns 4,248 paintings, sculptures, engravings and photographs by Diego Rivera, Rufino Tamayo, Leonora Carrington and other masters.
(Article)
The USA is missing so many important features like this. Despite being a first world country, we’re just a joke.
That’s amazing.