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| The free movement of artists and performers must be protected after Brexit, Sir Nicholas Serota and Tristram Hunt have urged. | The free movement of artists and performers must be protected after Brexit, Sir Nicholas Serota and Tristram Hunt have urged. |
| They were speaking in London at a conference for the Creative Industries Federation. Serota, who stepped down as director of the Tate last year to head Arts Council England, said there was a risk Britain would “stagnate” and become “irrelevant to a changing world” if it chose to shut its doors on a two-way flow of talent from abroad. | They were speaking in London at a conference for the Creative Industries Federation. Serota, who stepped down as director of the Tate last year to head Arts Council England, said there was a risk Britain would “stagnate” and become “irrelevant to a changing world” if it chose to shut its doors on a two-way flow of talent from abroad. |
| His thoughts were echoed by Hunt, director of the V&A Museum and a former Labour MP, who said he was “deeply concerned with the impact of Brexit on the single European cultural market”. | His thoughts were echoed by Hunt, director of the V&A Museum and a former Labour MP, who said he was “deeply concerned with the impact of Brexit on the single European cultural market”. |
| Serota said the referendum “also reminded us of how valuable international work and exchange has become for the quality, diversity and strength of our national culture. A two-way flow of talent is crucial to the arts in Britain. It is the interaction of forces that has made British culture so rich and increasingly complex”. | Serota said the referendum “also reminded us of how valuable international work and exchange has become for the quality, diversity and strength of our national culture. A two-way flow of talent is crucial to the arts in Britain. It is the interaction of forces that has made British culture so rich and increasingly complex”. |
| He said that no matter what the outcome of Brexit negotiations, when it came to the seamless movement of artists, exhibitions and creative work in and out of the UK, it was vital to “retain the conditions that currently work well and extend these to artists and creatives globally, including those coming for short working visits. | He said that no matter what the outcome of Brexit negotiations, when it came to the seamless movement of artists, exhibitions and creative work in and out of the UK, it was vital to “retain the conditions that currently work well and extend these to artists and creatives globally, including those coming for short working visits. |
| “We owe much of how we see ourselves – especially our romantic side – to the perspective of incomers,” he said. “Where would the visual arts in this country be without the contribution made by artists like Frank Auerbach and Lucian Freud in one generation, Chris Ofili, Mona Hatoum or John Akomfrah in another?” | “We owe much of how we see ourselves – especially our romantic side – to the perspective of incomers,” he said. “Where would the visual arts in this country be without the contribution made by artists like Frank Auerbach and Lucian Freud in one generation, Chris Ofili, Mona Hatoum or John Akomfrah in another?” |
| Hunt said that if barriers were put up to the easy lending of objects between European institutions “that will affect our capacity to operate as a global museum”. | Hunt said that if barriers were put up to the easy lending of objects between European institutions “that will affect our capacity to operate as a global museum”. |
| The V&A director also said the referendum result had highlighted a disaffection among regional communities with the metropolitan elite and metropolitan institutions and that it was now a “responsibility of national museums to reconnect with the hinterland”. | The V&A director also said the referendum result had highlighted a disaffection among regional communities with the metropolitan elite and metropolitan institutions and that it was now a “responsibility of national museums to reconnect with the hinterland”. |
| He said more V&A artifacts than ever were also to be lent to museums around the country and that the museum would also be working with schools to help teach the new design and technology GCSE. | He said more V&A artifacts than ever were also to be lent to museums around the country and that the museum would also be working with schools to help teach the new design and technology GCSE. |
| Hunt said the museum’s response to Brexit was simply to have an even more global focus with the exhibitions. “1.6m people have seen our David Bowie exhibition and that presents a very different story of Britain than they are going to get from Downton Abbey,” said Hunt. “We see it as our post-Brexit responsibilities to make sure we don’t lose any of that ambition and energy. We are going to be looking even more to make sure our exhibitions have a global footprint.” | Hunt said the museum’s response to Brexit was simply to have an even more global focus with the exhibitions. “1.6m people have seen our David Bowie exhibition and that presents a very different story of Britain than they are going to get from Downton Abbey,” said Hunt. “We see it as our post-Brexit responsibilities to make sure we don’t lose any of that ambition and energy. We are going to be looking even more to make sure our exhibitions have a global footprint.” |
| Serota also used his speech to emphasise that at a time when diversity was finally being made a priority across many areas of the arts, closing the doors to those outside Britain would diminish efforts to make the cultural sector more representative. | Serota also used his speech to emphasise that at a time when diversity was finally being made a priority across many areas of the arts, closing the doors to those outside Britain would diminish efforts to make the cultural sector more representative. |
| “Cultures that cut themselves off may become exquisite, like a rare breed of animal; but ultimately they stagnate and are irrelevant to a changing world.” | “Cultures that cut themselves off may become exquisite, like a rare breed of animal; but ultimately they stagnate and are irrelevant to a changing world.” |
| In a move to offset the possible isolating effects of Brexit, Serota announced that Arts Council England is creating a Creative Practitioners Fund for artists and creatives to “experience the value of working abroad”. | In a move to offset the possible isolating effects of Brexit, Serota announced that Arts Council England is creating a Creative Practitioners Fund for artists and creatives to “experience the value of working abroad”. |
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