Culture

“Parallel Lives” is an unsung gem of an exhibition

We should resist the cultural reductionism of the modern “creative industries”

South Africa cannot continue down the road towards conflict

Can art still be essentially and not just instrumentally valuable?

We have too many of them and they are not doing any good

Young people are not being encouraged or inspired

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

Dependent on state subsidies, artistically ossified and only a few go to see it

The phoney courage of disdaining classical music