The blight of art for politics’ sake

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I’ve recently visited several art galleries in America and Europe and find that the hectoring obsession with race that blights us over here is also gaining ground over there.

The European Left vacuously parrots modish American slogans, as when anti-racism protesters in London in 2020 shouted, “Hands up, don’t shoot!” at unarmed British bobbies. You expect that on the streets. But in fine repositories of great culture?

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