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2022’s biggest art stories—and what they mean

The Week in Art

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Why Isn't There More Vocalising of the Anger?

There are lots of angry people out there, but why isn't there more vocalising of the anger? I think a lot of these museums and galleries rely on government funding big time. Also, let's not forget that the Conservative Government for the last few years have been putting a lot of their kind of stuges on those boards. There's a whole sense, I think people are cowed and kind of beaten down. Nicholas Sarota, former director of all the Tate's, now the chair of the Arts Council, who I felt kind of rolled over a bit when Nadine Doris issued this directive. Never have we needed our museums more.

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