Art and politics

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Art and politics

For years, artists have been using their work to make political points, ranging from Picasso’s criticism of the Franco government in his painting Guernica to Banksy’s graffitti middle finger to the UK police. Now one Canadian artist has accused the government of withdrawing funding from her own political piece, “What Would the Planet Do” which was supposed to have its first major European exhibition in Croatia later this month.

At first glance, it seems like the bad guys are pretty More