Sao Paulo Art World Suffering Severely, Particularly This Year's Bienal

Sure there might be museums in Minnesota shutting their doors, museums in Los Angeles running out of money, and the Newseum in DC is now starting to lay people off, but if you think times are tough here, you should be grateful that you aren’t in Brazil right now. Following a few years of bad press for museum thefts, general safety hazards, and massive budget cuts to already miniscule funding, the country’s art infrastructure is suffering plenty.