Turner prize-winner Lubaina Himid speaks to Mark Brown about why museums and galleries should be independent of Government.
The Turner prize-winning artist Lubaina Himid has cautioned the government against meddling in the membership of museum and gallery boards, saying independent thought and debate was vital.
Himid was at 11 Downing Street to be named as the latest artist to be commissioned by the Government Art Collection to make prints that will hang on the walls of British diplomatic buildings around the world.
Her print, Old Boat, New Weather, is a powerful, layered work exploring themes that include slavery, colonial history, forced migration and climate change.
It has been commissioned by a body that represents a government accused of interfering in the leadership of museums and galleries by blocking appointments of people who are not like-minded... Keep reading on The Guardian.
The Turner prize-winning artist Lubaina Himid has cautioned the government against meddling in the membership of museum and gallery boards, saying independent thought and debate was vital.
Himid was at 11 Downing Street to be named as the latest artist to be commissioned by the Government Art Collection to make prints that will hang on the walls of British diplomatic buildings around the world.
Her print, Old Boat, New Weather, is a powerful, layered work exploring themes that include slavery, colonial history, forced migration and climate change.
It has been commissioned by a body that represents a government accused of interfering in the leadership of museums and galleries by blocking appointments of people who are not like-minded... Keep reading on The Guardian.