“Citing corruption and waste under previous administrations, centre-left President Andrés Manuel López Obrador announced hefty budget cuts across all government departments in May 2019. The ministry of culture lost 75% of its operating budget and expects to receive just $693m this year, a severe blow to arts institutions and those who depend on them for their livelihoods.” Add to that the financial blows from pandemic-related closures, and programming has been slashed, conservation and basic maintenance cut or deferred, and salaries unpaid. – The Art Newspaper
