Why is the Gelman art collection so controversial?
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Mexico’s art world is going through one of the most intense media controversies in recent times due to the imminent departure of the Gelman collection, arguably the most important private collection of 20th-century art in the country.
The collection was originally assembled by Natasha and Jacques Gelman, a married couple of European descent who arrived in Mexico as Jewish refugees in the 1940s. Together, they became great patrons and collectors of modern Mexican art after making a fortune in the
The collection was originally assembled by Natasha and Jacques Gelman, a married couple of European descent who arrived in Mexico as Jewish refugees in the 1940s. Together, they became great patrons and collectors of modern Mexican art after making a fortune in the
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