Ex-Director of MAM Rio Fined for Saying Museum Lacked Fire Insurance

Fábio Szwarcwald, who served as executive director of the Museu de Arte Moderna do Rio de Janeiro (MAM Rio) from 2020 to 2022, has been ordered to pay a fine of 100,000 reais (about $20,000) for breach of contract, the Art Newspaper reports. The breach came in 2022 when Szwarcwald said publicly that the museum had been without […]

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