The culture according to Manuel Valls … – The Art Tribune

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At least, Prime Minister, Manuel Valls, was clear. Culture, it is not heritage. Culture, are not museums. We already suspected a little, actually. Appoint someone like Fleur Pellerin at the Ministry of Culture, which almost never pronounce the “heritage” or words “museum” and is totally disinterested in these subjects, enough to prove it.

But the speech yesterday in Cannes has the merit to bring to light that this policy is voluntary and that the appointment was not a blip. Valls has in fact publicly acknowledged that “ the decrease of the budget of Culture at the beginning of the quinquennium Francois Hollande was a mistake .” We could not believe his ears. So, surely, all department budgets would return to their mandate early levels.
Class=”autobr” Not at all, of course. What culture for the Prime Minister? The “creation” only creation. That of the past? Surely not. It’s probably much too reactionary. So he said: “ with the culture minister Fleur Pellerin, we decided that the budgets of creation and art education would be maintained or even increased for the next two years ” .

We have, of course, no problem with this ad, if not the most utter contempt, the most absolute indifference that the first ministers door to heritage. When it recognizes a “mistake” not to have brought down the budget it devotes 12.5% ​​between 2012 and 2015, is to have declined by 6.7% that of the “mission creation.” If the latter figure is outrageous, what about the first? Well nothing. Manuel Valls really regret that the decrease in the budget for creation. Because the historical monuments, museums, it’s probably too elitist for our Prime Minister. This also probably explains why the Minister of Culture (since we must call it) validated for September, as the theme of Heritage Day: “ The assets of the XXI century ” of ! “creations” essentially still coming
class=”autobr” Fleur Pellerin did so simultaneously propaganda of the reform of colleges of his colleague of Education: it clearly ignores the Latin and not including the etymology of the word “heritage”.