OPINION - Arts Council England have created a dangerous confusion: art cannot be separated from politics
by Emma Loffhagen
Feb 19, 2024
3 minutes
Earlier this month, during the climax of Chicago rapper Noname’s headline gig in London, she paused, cut the accompaniment, and addressed her sold-out audience. “Can I hear you say free Palestine?” It was, of course, not the first time I’d been at a concert where the artist had made some kind of political statement. At last year, he implored the crowd to “f*** the Government and f*** Boris”. I’ve watched Little Simz rap about apartheid, and Beyoncé sing about race relations.
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