The Art Newspaper – In the weeks since Mexico’s popular new president Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador made good on his promise to open the official residence to the public after taking office on 1 December, hundreds of thousands of people have streamed through the gates of Los Pinos. Estimated to be 14 times larger than the US White House, the grandiose property had been closed to the public for decades and was believed to house a large collection of art, furniture and decorative objects. But what visitors found when they entered was perhaps more surprising than long hidden treasures: bare walls. – read more
