What's the Point of Art?


In the aftermath of the recent cuts arguments about arts funding are becoming increasingly heated, yet crucial discussions as to the value and place of art in our world are distinguished by their absence. As the wider society experiences the kind of structural economic changes unseen in the UK for sixty years, the time has never been riper for a serious investigation of the role of art in our lives, and of its relationship with the individual, the state and the market.

Beginning in 2010 with an event held at Windsor Castle in conjunction with LCACE, and continuing throughout 2011 in partnership with The Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience, Jericho has been holding regular discussions with major thinkers on the subject of 'What is the point of art now?'

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