The Brazilian art of intervention

Each time a financial institution is bailed out in Brazil it adds to the workload of the art curators at the Banco Central.

Each time a financial institution is bailed out in Brazil it adds to the workload of the art curators at the Banco Central.

Over the years the central bank has built up a formidable collection of paintings and sculpture.

The curators are not so busy at the moment, though a few interventions are still taking place.

In mid-August the authorities moved in on eight small banks and finance companies in the states of Rio, Bahia and Sao Paulo.

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