Pierre d’Alancaisez

Pierre d’Alancaisez is a curator and critic. He tweets at @verdur_in

The most pernicious effect of aligning art with political activism is that the distinction between the two is lost

Protecting and renewing culture demands a fuller understanding of its nature and its purposes

The universal and the particular sit awkwardly in this Cardiff exhibition

The Polish art scene is stuck in a futile game of tit-for-tat

Why has the concept been rejected by the art world?

Labour will finish the Tories’ work of destroying the arts – only “better”

A culture of censorship has devolved into rival attempts at cancellation

This year’s exhibition offers a diversity of style if not of ideology

With declining attendances and a neglect of their core mission, churches and art galleries have much in common

Sarah Lucas and the sexual revolution that wasn’t