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Should artists have the right to freedom of political expression?
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Since the war in Gaza broke out there has been a crisis of censorship in the arts sector around the world, in what the not-for-profit group Freemuse is calling a most alarming moment for freedom of expression. Here in Australia pianist Jayson Gillham had his concerts cancelled after speaking about the killing of journalists in Gaza, and arts organisations have lost millions in funding from donors. So what rights do artists have to express political views? And what should the consequences be?
Guests:
Louise Adler, Director, Adelaide Writers’ Week.
Pianist, Jayson Gillham.
Actor, Violette Ayad.
Sverre Pederson, Executive Director, Freemuse, a not-for-profit group which produced the State of Artistic Freedom 2024 Report
Louise and Violette will be speaking at the Festival of Dangerous Ideas in Sydney on the topic is 'Art is Always Political'.
253 episoder
Manage episode 435390533 series 2902251
Since the war in Gaza broke out there has been a crisis of censorship in the arts sector around the world, in what the not-for-profit group Freemuse is calling a most alarming moment for freedom of expression. Here in Australia pianist Jayson Gillham had his concerts cancelled after speaking about the killing of journalists in Gaza, and arts organisations have lost millions in funding from donors. So what rights do artists have to express political views? And what should the consequences be?
Guests:
Louise Adler, Director, Adelaide Writers’ Week.
Pianist, Jayson Gillham.
Actor, Violette Ayad.
Sverre Pederson, Executive Director, Freemuse, a not-for-profit group which produced the State of Artistic Freedom 2024 Report
Louise and Violette will be speaking at the Festival of Dangerous Ideas in Sydney on the topic is 'Art is Always Political'.
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