Pablo Avelluto

Alejandro Pablo Avelluto (born 18 February 1966 in Buenos Aires) is a journalist and book editor who held the office of Minister for Culture of Argentina since 10 December 2015 to September 2018,[1] appointed by Mauricio Macri.

During his term as Editorial Director of the Southern Region at Random House Mondadori, between 2005 and 2012, he was responsible for the publication of more than four thousand works of different genres and authors, half of which were of Argentine origin.

Regarding the direction of his administration, Avelluto said in an interview with the newspaper La Capital de Rosario: "I have the challenge of proving that I can make cultural politics without propaganda and without asking the artists who they vote for, or what their partisan and ideological sympathies are.

Several dozens of these hirings were made in the last hours before the change of government.”[25] From the beginning of the term Pablo Avelluto was incorporated to the Cabinet for Human Development of the government, in charge of monitoring and generating measures to alleviate sensitive social situations.

[26] In addition to his specific role as Minister for Culture, he acted as a spokesperson for the administration of President Mauricio Macri, which was reflected in his frequent participation in interviews and radio and television programs.

Avelluto also played a prominent role in the organization of the celebrations for the Independence Bicentennial about which it was pointed out that they were "the beginning of our third century together and the opportunity to, beyond our differences, show what unites us.

[29][30][31] Among the programs, measures, proposals and announcements launched during the first months of Avelluto's term, it is worth mentioning: Creation Bicentennial Grants.

Open and collaborative exchange spaces to think, debate and imagine new ideas and functional solutions that improve people's quality of life in the communities in which they live through their connection with culture.

[39][40][41] Reduction of deadlines for licensing export and import of works of art and cultural goods[42] Creative Argentina Forum.

[51] In addition, in order to increase bibliographic diversity, favor freedom of choice of Argentinian readers and facilitate the exchange between the local publishing industry and international markets, the ministers for Culture, Pablo Avelluto, and for Production, Francisco Cabrera, announced in January 2016 the lifting of restrictions that prevented the entry of books printed abroad.

Thereby, Argentina Platform / ARCO took visual arts, literature, cinema, theater, performances and music to 22 institutions in Madrid and had an audience of more than 170 thousand people.

The case fell into the hands of Judge Sebastián Casanello, who opened an investigation on the public hirings for the fair by the Ministry of Culture.

Meanwhile, days before the start of the fair Avelluto himself explained in an interview with the site Infobae.com the details of the preparation for Argentina's participation.

There he said that the selection of artists and gallerists responded to search criteria for the contemporary, regardless of the political affiliation or sympathy of the creators[56] Upon taking office, Avelluto resolved to close the National Institute of Argentine and Ibero-American Historical Revisionism Manuel Dorrego.

Beatriz Sarlo, Maristella Svampa, Daniel Link, Claudia Piñeiro and Emilio de Ipola expressed their opposition to this situation.