Three artists share what it takes to keep making art as Brussels prepares a new Artists Charter
Europe knows how to value art once it has survived long enough.
It restores frescoes and adds plaques to historical sites. Call it heritage and, suddenly, there is a whole vocabulary for keeping it safe.
Last week, European Heritage Days kicked off across the continent under the theme ‘Heritage at Risk: Revive, Resist, Reimagine’.
Living artists, though, inhabit a less settled category. This is not because Europe does not fund culture. It does.
