Cultural Capital
By Robert Hewison
By Robert Hewison
By Robert Hewison
By Robert Hewison
Category: Art | Domestic Politics
Category: Art | Domestic Politics
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$24.95
Nov 11, 2014 | ISBN 9781781685914
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Nov 11, 2014 | ISBN 9781781685921
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Praise
“A brilliant analysis of the way that the intrinsic value of art was undermined by a Blair-led government’s attempts to control creative production and turn it into an instrument of social engineering. It is a timely warning about the dangers of political interference and a rallying cry for art to both be publicly supported and maintain a hard won independence. Art needs this independence from power in order to show us to ourselves in ways that the media and politics never do and never can.” —Antony Gormley
“Long Britain’s best chronicler of culture and political policy, Robert Hewison turns his unflinching gaze on the New Labour era, a time of targets, access and excellence for all, complete with the National Lottery, Cool Britannia, the Millennium Dome and the 2012 Olympics. It’s not a pretty sight, and his findings of folly, incompetence and vanity will entertain and disturb readers in equal measure. They should also embarrass any politicians and arts administrators who retain a degree of self-awareness.” —Alwyn Turner, author of A Classless Society
“This is essential reading for anyone who has the slightest interest in the funding of the arts in this country.” —Richard Eyre
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