A war is a challenge to art. In times of war, it is often used by both sides for propaganda purposes. She’s not fit for that. Actually, it is part of the people’s resistance to the war. That is why hindering art or artists cannot be an act against war. Valery Gergiev will conduct and Anna Netrebko will sing. I am appalled at their exclusion, at the fact that great Russian artists are being urged to make opportune statements. I hear them speaking in phrases of those who once set and worshiped them.
Alexander Kluge on the peacemaking possibilities of art. – Culture
