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Rio2C, Latin America’s Largest Creativity Meet, Consolidates as International Event 

20 May 2026 at 17:55
RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil — The 2026 edition of Rio2C, the largest creativity gathering in Latin America, looks set to consolidate the event as a top international meeting, particularly of talents and execs from Spanish-speaking countries in the region, said Rafael Lazarini, Rio2C’s founder. Organizers expect the seventh in-person edition of the event, which will […]

The many lives of the Gelman art collection: a matter of state and a bank loan guarantee

The fate of a few artworks by Frida Kahlo, Diego Rivera, and José Clemente Orozco has Mexico on edge, to the point of practically becoming a matter of state. Ever since the announcement early this year of a long-term agreement to transfer the Gelman collection to the Spanish banking giant Banco Santander, which will be responsible for the management (including conservation, research and exhibition) of part of one of the most significant collections of 20th-century Mexican art, a formidable controversy has erupted, forcing Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum to step in and try to clarify the situation.

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View of the exhibition 'Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera. Mexican art in the Gelman collection', in 2016 in Bologna.
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