Brett Bailey, The Barbican and Black Britons

Since Brett Bailey's exhibition was cancelled by The Barbican, he has been mobilizing wealthy and powerful friends to defend him. Here is a very useful and thoughtful piece about why it is excellent news that the exhibition was cancelled.



Brett Bailey claimed to want to make people think about racism today. He succeeded, but is unhappy because the people he got to think and act were not the people he wanted to talk to.  Read the article here:



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