FYI
Gladys Markoff-Sotomayor
Columbia University Libraries
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> As the sale of BANAMEX, on of Mexico's largest and most important banks,
> draws near, there has been some concern about what would would happen to
> BANAMEX's "Acervo Artistico" once the bank becomes part of Citibank.
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> Sari Bermudez (head of CONALCULTA, Mexico's NEA/NEH-like entity) has been
> criticized in the press for a luke warm response to this concern.
> Although having said "no se pondra a la venta la coleccion" a Sociedad
> Defensora del Patrimonio Artistico de Mexico has been formed, "para
> indagar que va a pasar con ese acervo artistico" since, according to a
> July 2nd article in Guadalajara's daily Mural, the government only had 2
> weeks to take action.
>
> It seems that the first news of this came from the Citigroup offices in
> NYC, giving assurances that the artistic collection of BANAMEX would be
> preserved.
>
> Perhaps our colleagues in Mexico can keep us up to date on this issue.
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> Adan Griego
> Curator for Latin American,
> Mexican American & Iberian Collections
> Green Library-FLAC
> Stanford University
> Stanford, CA 94305-6004
> (650) 723-3150 / 725-1068 (fax)
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