Why culture competitions and `artwashing` drive urban inequality
(World News UK)

From Los Angeles to Liverpool to the new London competition, `creative cities` policies are designed to soften gentrification`s hard edges, never asking `culture for who ?` Image: Sascha Pohflepp/Flickr, Creative Commons. This summer, London`s mayor Sadiq Khan launched the `London Borough of Culture Competition `. Celebrating London as the `cultural capital of the world` the 32 boroughs in London now have the chance to compete for £1m of arts funding by showcasing their creativity, originality and character. Last week the Guardian proclaimed that competitions like Khan´s creates `socially relevant, resilient, sustainable and equitable future-proofed culture`. The narrative of the `creative...