* Déborah Münzer is deputy mayor of Nogent-sur-Marne. **David Lisnard is President of New Energy. He has notably published "Culture will save us" (L'Observatoire, 2021) and "Le Réveil de la droit" (Télémaque, 2023).
After the call of a deputy to remove a painting deemed shocking exhibited at the Palais de Tokyo, directors of major museums have just published a column in
Le Monde
in favor of artistic freedom (and therefore of expression) in their establishments, which they conclude:
“Even more than censorship, we must fear self-censorship.”
This is indeed the challenge that we must take up.
Because the situation is critical and the attacks against the works are also often the expression of those who claim to be “societal progressive” or the fight against discrimination.
Our local counters, which support artistic creation and cultural policies (three quarters of public funding in culture come from local authorities), are overstretched by…
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