Turner winner Helen Cammock withdraws piece after 50 peers criticise claim former PM ‘starved people’

Turner winner Helen Cammock withdraws piece after 50 peers criticise claim former PM ‘starved people’

The film sparked controversy over claims the wartime leader used ‘wilful’ mass starvation as part of the Bengal famine

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La instalación de Helen Cammock salió antes de tiempo después de una semana de críticas por una referencia a la hambruna de 1943, un episodio histórico que sigue generando un…

Artist Helen Cammock's 40-minute video entitled 'Persistence' referred to 'the wilful starvation of the Indian population by Winston Churchill'.

The film sparked controversy over claims the wartime leader used ‘wilful’ mass starvation as part of the Bengal famine

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The London-based museum has faced controversy over a video installation blaming Winston Churchill for a colonial-era famine in India. #Art

Il museo con sede a Londra è finito al centro delle polemiche per un'installazione video che attribuisce a Winston Churchill la responsabilità di una carestia in India in epoca…