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However, this is #False, since the intervention received a Fondart of $22 million, a figure lower than the one that went viral. ![\\"\\"](\\" Viral-Content.png\\") ## In case you are short on time: * A viral on social networks claims that the stone placed on the front of the National Museum of Fine Arts was financed by a Fondart of 22 billion pesos. *However, this is #False. The work, called "Palabras Mayores", received a Fondart of 22 million pesos, that is, a figure lower than the one that went viral. By Maximiliano Echegoyen On November 14, a huge stone replaced the famous sculpture "United in glory and in death" by Rebecca Matte, on the front of the National Museum of Fine Arts. The rock—which features Selknam designs—has received praise and criticism and was even vandalized at the end of last year, with the writing "penca art." In this context, it has gone viral on TikTok (1), Instagram (1) and Facebook (1,2) a video in which a person appears denouncing, ironically, that the selknam rock was financed with a Fondart of “21 billion”. Furthermore, in the same video it appears written "Fondart price $22,950 million pesos. However, there is an error in the figure provided, since the Fondart awarded that financed the rock project is 22 million pesos, not 22 thousand millions. Furthermore, the author of the video also corrected the figure later. Therefore, the content was rated #False. ![\\"\\"](\\" content/uploads/2024/01/1-576x1024.jpeg\\") ## The error in the figure First of all, Fast Check searched for information regarding the sculpture placed on the front of the National Museum of Fine Arts, with the keywords «stone» and «Museum of Fine Arts». In the results, a note was found from the Faculty of Arts of the University of Chile on November 20, where They report on the staging of the rock. According to what was reported, the intervention is called "Palabras Mayores" and its author is Enrique Matthey, visual artist and academic at the faculty. In the same article indicate that the project was financed with Fondart. * The Fondart is an acronym for the National Fund for Cultural Development and the Arts, a competitive fund administered by the Undersecretary of Cultures and the Arts. According to the contest rules, the maximum amount that a project can receive is 23 million pesos. Then, Fast Check searched the Ministry of Culture for the section dedicated to funds. This is found in the item “Culture Funds”. To the Go to the section, you can search for the results of the competitions previous years. In this way, Fast Check found the list of selected Fondart National 2023, who were notified in January of last year. In it document appears the project «Palabras Mayores» by Enríque Matthey received $22,950,000 for its realization. ![\\"\\"](\\" content/uploads/2024/01/2-1024x760.jpeg\\")Enclosed in red, the Fondart awarded to Enrique Matthey to produce “Palabras Mayores”. As can be seen in the documentation, the amount received to produce "Palabras Mayores" is $22,950,000, a figure close to the maximum that can be receive a project in this competition. As stated above, the maximum amount that companies can receive productions is 23 million pesos. According to the 2023 payroll, eight projects in total received the maximum amount. ## The author of the viral admitted his mistake It should be noted that the author of the viral realized that he gave the wrong figure. In his Instagram post it appears that the user edited the description and wrote "the number you say is incorrect... it is 22 sticks (sic)." On the other hand, in his TikTok publication the user responded in a comment "it was 22 sticks (sic), I was wrong," adding that, despite the error, the amount is still large. ![\\"\\"](\\" Screen-2024-01-02-at-13.08.40-1024x312.png\\")Author of the viral correcting the first figure delivered. ## Conclusion Fast Check rates viral content as #False. The intervention «Words Mayors” received a Fondart of approximately $22 million, not $22 thousand millions. 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The stone that breaks the front of the MNBA was produced with a Fondart of 22 billion pesos