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The Arts Council England<\/a> (ACE), a UK government agency that provides funding to museums and arts spaces across the country, is facing criticism over a new policy that warned organizations against making \u201cpolitical statements.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On January 28, the organization updated its policies to include a new section titled \u201cConsidering Reputational Risk,\u201d which encourages institutions not to voice \u201cactivist\u201d sentiments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Funding recipients are urged against \u201cactivity that might be considered overtly political or activist and goes beyond your company\u2019s core purpose and partnerships with organisations that might be perceived as being in conflict with the purposes of public funding of culture.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Read more below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Source: ARTNews<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Arts Council England (ACE), a UK government agency that provides funding to museums and arts spaces across the country, is facing criticism over a new policy that warned organizations against making \u201cpolitical statements.\u201d On January 28, the organization updated its policies to include a new section titled \u201cConsidering Reputational Risk,\u201d which...<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2929,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"give_campaign_id":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2925","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\nArts Council England Faces Criticism Over Policy Discouraging \u2018Political\u00a0Statements\u2019 - ALL ABOUT GLOBAL CULTURAL LEGAL AND REGULATORY MATTERS<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"International Cultural and Creative Industries Regulatory Authority\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.iccira.org\/wp\/?p=2925\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Arts Council England Faces Criticism Over Policy Discouraging \u2018Political\u00a0Statements\u2019 - 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