Una Mullally weighs in on censorship in Ireland, as councils, funders and even the Charity Regulator are deciding whether art is political and whether it’s therefore acceptable.
On Friday morning, I stood outside the Amnesty Ireland office in Temple Bar watching the artist Maser paint his iconic Repeal mural on the side of the building, this time in yellow, the red one having been painted over on the wall of Project Arts Centre after the Charity Regulator intervened. We have a dire situation in Ireland right now where bodies such as the Charity Regulator are deciding what art is political, how it’s political, and when it’s accepta... Keep reading on Irish Times
On Friday morning, I stood outside the Amnesty Ireland office in Temple Bar watching the artist Maser paint his iconic Repeal mural on the side of the building, this time in yellow, the red one having been painted over on the wall of Project Arts Centre after the Charity Regulator intervened. We have a dire situation in Ireland right now where bodies such as the Charity Regulator are deciding what art is political, how it’s political, and when it’s accepta... Keep reading on Irish Times