ARC co-signs statement calling for Artistic Freedom and Autonomy of the Arts
34% of respondents in the ‘Creative Pulse’ survey* indicated that they have been either significantly or somewhat affected by limitations on their freedom of artistic expression.
ARC Research & Consultancy has co-signed a statement issued by Culture Action Europe, highlighting the concerning issue of increasing political intervention by governments in the work of cultural organisations across Europe.
It is vital to ensure that cultural spaces can continue to operate as open and hashtag#democratic environments that resist intimidation and political interference.
The call urges European institutions to incorporate aspects of the freedom of artistic expression into its annual Rule of Law report, supported through a European observatory on the freedom of artistic expression.
