Art is not exactly valued by its ‘contribution to GDP’...
By referring to ‘artists’ as though they were some kind of natural antithesis of the ‘business-like’ type, José Hererra was merely buying into a lazy stereotype that the artistic community itself has been valiantly trying to dispel for years now
Raphael Vassallo
29 April 2021, 7:31am
From the outset, I was a little sceptical about Jose Herrera’s reported gaffe on Net News this week: you know, the one where the Culture Minister was heard telling journalists that the arts are “more of a vocation” than a career choice; and that, in general, “the artist’s IQ is not so business-oriented”.