Censoring Creative Expression

More than eight in ten people working in culture and the arts feel those with “controversial opinions” risk professional ostracism.

80% of People in Arts Fear ‘Controversial Opinions’

More than eight in ten people working in culture and the arts feel those with “controversial opinions” risk professional ostracism.

The Freedom of Expression survey commissioned by Arts Professional magazine found in its research of 500 professionals that more than 80 percent thought that “workers in the arts and cultural sector who share controversial opinions risk being professionally ostracised”.