Protest against the grant of subsidies Commissioner for Agency for Cultural Affairs Resignation
Experts who have been involved in the business of the Agency for Cultural Affairs have been resigned one after another, protesting that the Agency for Cultural Affairs has withdrawn subsidies for the Aichi International Art Festival. . One of the committee members who quit says, “I ca n’t be satisfied with the non-delivery decision and I want to ask the attitude of the Agency for Cultural Affairs.”
On April 26th, It was clarified that the grant of approximately 78 million yen, which had already been decided to be adopted, will not be issued because the application procedure was inappropriate.
On this matter, three professionals such as university professors who are members of the Agency for Cultural Affairs have been resigned one after another because they expressed their will to protest.
One of them is the former curator of the 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa, who was involved in the planning of this international art festival.
In response to NHK's interview, Mr. Hamada said, “The decision of the Agency for Cultural Affairs has pointed out inadequacies in the procedure, but there was no reason for convincing, and it was judged that there was a problem with the contents of the exhibition. There is no suspicion that the decision might be a concern that this decision will produce a dwarfing effect that would have to care about the government's intentions regarding the exhibition of works, etc. I thought I couldn't work for the Agency for Cultural Affairs. ”
In addition, “The business involved as a member of the committee itself is wonderful and I am not willing to resign. However, I can't accept this decision any more, and I want to ask about the attitude of the Agency for Cultural Affairs to work on art and cultural administration. "
There have been many criticisms of the response taken by the Agency for Cultural Affairs, such as artists and university professors who have issued protest statements.