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'Museums should be safe spaces to explore issues and not used as pawns in political agendas'

The simplification of complex issues is enabled by weak or fearful cultural institutions and and strident self-righteousness

Alison Cole
1 June 2023
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In Brooklyn Museum's It's Pablo-matic show, the comedian Hannah Gadsby addresses the artist's controversial legacy of misogyny

Credits: Picasso: © Estate of Pablo Picasso/Artists Rights Society; Gadsby: Photo: Alan Moyle
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