Culture is not an Industry: Reclaiming art and culture for the common good Painting ‘the republic of letters /

‘the republic of letters / a veritable la la land’ writes Keri Glastonbury in 51 Alterities

whose expressionistic works explore diverse mental health and institutionalisation

she somehow finds room to gently (and not-so-gently) remind her humans who’s truly in charge

At the exhibition’s core is a two-channel video installation—in which participants share honest

“Hours is beautiful and lucid and precise

Culture is not an Industry: Reclaiming art and culture for the common good Painting ‘the republic of letters /Culture is at the heart of what it means to be human. But twenty five years ago, the British government rebranded art and culture as 'creative industries', valued for their economic contribution, and set out to launch the UK as the creative workshop of a globalised world. Where does that leave art and culture now? Facing exhausted workers and a lack of funding and vision, culture finds itself in the grip of accountancy firms, creativity gurus and Ted