The giant head spotted hovering over the Tokyo skyline in recent weeks is the latest in a long line of Olympic art moments. Debate and controversy are never far behind.
- Director, Cities of Culture Research Observatory, University of Liverpool
The event may have been postponed until July 2021 because of the coronavirus pandemic, but there is already a big cultural legacy to Tokyo 2020.
The cost of money due for this (from Europe) is tiny – the symbolic impact, huge.
It’s time to finally put art on the Olympic map, prove the sceptics wrong, and renew and advance some of the more tired aspects of the Games staging process.
A candid assessment of the impact of the games, from an academic on the ground.
Shia LaBeouf’s latest artistic performance interrogates celebrity, online community and the endless search for ‘true connection’.
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