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With a change in government following last week’s General Election, the culture sector must move past the “climate of distrust” created by the stoking of the culture wars, says Darren Henley, chief executive of Arts Council England (ACE).
Tom Anstey | Planet Attractions | 16 Jul 2024
With a change in government following last week’s General Election, the culture sector must move past the “climate of distrust” created by the stoking of the culture wars, says Darren Henley, chief executive of Arts Council England (ACE).
Henley outlined the arts council’s next steps after Labour’s election victory in a blog published on the arts council's website.
He welcomed the new government’s commitment to respecting the arm’s length principle and “side-stepping the culture wars”.
“Freedom of expression and the intrinsic value of the work of artists, arts organisations, museums and libraries are the necessary conditions for a thriving sector,” said Henley.
“Our previous secretary of state and arts minister assiduously avoided interference in funding decisions, but it’s nevertheless the case that the broader stoking of the culture wars, sometimes by people in positions of power, created a climate of distrust.”
Henley acknowledged the arts council’s own “communication misstep” last winter, when its advice on how... More from Museums Association
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