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Art without freedom of speech is propaganda!
Jun 11, 2023 30 tweets 9 min read
Yesterday AxP visited @Tate Britain's #QueerAndNow2023 festival, billed as a celebration of "the powerful role of LGBTQIA+ art and culture in the UK", to find out what contributions from these multiple communities Tate thinks are most worthy of celebration... Image We were particularly keen to find out what the conspicuous absence of the words lesbian, gay and bisexual from the programme would mean for the art, artists, histories, ideas and politics being presented on such a prestigious, publicly-funded platform 🤔
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Feb 9, 2023 5 tweets 1 min read
1/5 Tate are going ahead with a half-term event for young kids on Saturday fronted by a drag queen who breaches their own safe-guarding rules. We raised these red flags and Tate ignored us. Thousands of people signed our petition. They ignored them too. 2/5 And now the row has been co-opted by trans rights and far-right extremist groups who are planning on turning up at Tate Britain on Saturday in masks to scream abuse at each other and terrify small kids.