London Deputy Mayor Munira Mirza and ISIS Arts’ Clymene Christoforou trade blows on whether the EU is fit for purpose as a supporter of the arts.
The subject of the EU has not really been on the radar of the cultural sector in recent years but has been brought into sharp focus by the forthcoming referendum, portrayed by both sides as an existential choice about who we are as a society.
One of the functions of art and of broader cultural debate is to challenge conventional thinking. So in that spirit, I want to question the binary assumption which appears to be widespread among those in the arts that it is progressive and enlightened to want Britain to remain in the European Union and old-fashioned and reactionary to wish to leave... Keep reading on a-n
The subject of the EU has not really been on the radar of the cultural sector in recent years but has been brought into sharp focus by the forthcoming referendum, portrayed by both sides as an existential choice about who we are as a society.
One of the functions of art and of broader cultural debate is to challenge conventional thinking. So in that spirit, I want to question the binary assumption which appears to be widespread among those in the arts that it is progressive and enlightened to want Britain to remain in the European Union and old-fashioned and reactionary to wish to leave... Keep reading on a-n