"The policing of artistic free expression has traditionally been carried out by..self-styled morality campaigners, politicians and religious organisations. But today it is just as likely to be arts professionals themselves..and..worse, attempt to censor or silence each other"
https://twitter.com/ALLIANCELGB/status/1321716356178432001
"challenging today’s artists..are not just the government or organised religion..but social justice movements-with which many in the arts affiliate themselves. From this internal conflict has arisen a widespread collapse of confidence in the validity of universal free expression"
"toleration finds little place in the lexicon of today’s activist movements, which tend to see it as tacitly reproducing oppression. As a result, submission to social justice orthodoxies is increasingly the price of artistic free expression."
"Jenny Lindsay has everything to lose, but rather than perform contrition in the hope of an easier ride, she stands her ground and gives hope to other, perhaps less courageous, writers...
...In contrast, four major international art galleries collectively quake in anticipation of possible future challenges to their work — and, in so doing, they insult their audiences and dishonour the artist they should be championing...
...Most damagingly, their actions teach all artists a bitter truth about much of today’s arts world; if you deal with controversial ideas, expect to be abandoned if the going gets rough."
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