The nuances between museums, art galleries and art centres were not at all understood by the government.
Author of the article: T Cha Dunlevy • Montreal Gazette
Publishing date: Feb 12, 2021 • February 12, 2021 • 4 minute read • “We were really frustrated in the fall to see commercial galleries open, and non-profit galleries and museums closed,” said Caroline Andrieux, founder and artistic director of Fonderie Darling, with a piece by Cynthia Girard-Renard. Photo by Pierre Obendrauf /Montreal Gazette
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Art galleries, art centres and museums around Quebec were allowed to reopen this week, sparking a wave of relief in the art world.
The Macron Doctrine, or the Paris Consensus, pledges to reverse those trends. To fight back against the ills of the financialised economy, Macron offers a three-pillar solution: more Europe, a true Europe-Africa partnership, and coalitions with governments and non-governmental players. Indeed, the Macron Doctrine is notionally post-colonial. It calls for re-inventing the ‘Afro-European Axis’ and puts the onus on Europeans to ‘show that this universalism we uphold is not universalism of the dominant, as it was during colonisation, but one of friends and partners’. If the Macron Doctrine for Europe is to make it ‘the leading power in education, health, digital and green policies’ with massive investments, by extension it promises a post-financialisation, post-colonial partnership with Africa.