Virus-hit Mexico City reopens museums, cinemas

MEXICO CITY,  – Mexico is reopening museums and cinemas in the capital after months of lockdown, but face masks and social distancing are the new normal for culture vultures in a city still battling the coronavirus. At the iconic Soumaya Museum, security guards wearing face shields and gloves watch over mask-wearing visitors snapping selfies with artworks and wandering the near-empty hallways. The museum, with a curving facade inspired by Auguste Rodin’s sculptures, houses more than 60,000 pieces of art including works by Salvador Dali, Pablo Picasso and Vincent van Gogh. … Continue reading Virus-hit Mexico City reopens museums, cinemas