Culture At The Olympics? A Really Bad Idea
"The Olympiad will go heavy on illegitimate cultural pride. There will be '12 cutting-edge artists' commissions across the UK'. The Olympiad so wants to identify with British art that Sebastian Coe is to run shortly in the Martin Creed relay at Tate Britain. Yeah, we're the artists of the world. What did America or France ever produce to rival our artists now?" The Guardian (UK) 09/04/08

Posted September 4, 2008 03:48 PM