Artists on the Frontline - A Panel on Art's Role in Community Healing

Through podcasts and videos, The Art Newspaper's editors break down the art world's biggest stories and spectacles, with the help of special guests.

This final panel of Healing Arts London is chaired by Anna Somers Cocks, Founder Editor, The Art Newspaper; Cara Courage, Head of Tate Exchange, Tate Museums; Phyll Opoku-Gyimah, Co-Founder, UK Black Pride; Carolyn Christov-Bakargiev, Director, Castello di Rivoli Museo d'Arte Contemporanea, Turin.

This pandemic is making us question everything from our economic systems to the role of the state, and the purpose of art is no exception. What are artists doing to help and what is their responsibility? The pandemic has affected everyone everywhere from all walks of life, but hardest hit are those communities living at the edges of society, suffering social, economic or conflict-driven hardship. This panel will discuss how artists are working on the frontlines of the current crisis and how the pandemic might change the art world systems and values of the past decades.

Read the full Healing Arts London programme.

Produced by CULTURUNNERS as part of the World Health Organization's Solidarity Series of Events.
Funds raised from Healing Arts London will benefit the WHO Foundation, supporting the urgently needed mental health response; and The Future is Unwritten Artist Response Fund in partnership with Blessed Foundation, supporting artist-led projects that directly facilitate community healing and healthcare messaging on the frontline of the pandemic.

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Truly inspiring! Thank you for making these films available. A wonderful week of ideas.