Open letters. Board resignations. Divestments and boycotts. The past two months have seen roiling conflict and deep division in Australian culture as artists, administrators and audiences struggle to come to terms with the horror in Israel and Gaza.
The events have resulted in a wide-ranging realignment of global political sensitivities. Artists have responded, drawing protest and reaction in turn. Just as in the media, universities and many parts of civil society, the conflagration has opened deep rifts in Australia’s cultural scene, pitting wealthy donors amongst the elite of Australian arts philanthropy against artists speaking out against Israel’s siege of the Gaza strip and beyond.
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