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Are the arts biased towards a white, middle-class audience?
Independent on Sunday, The, Mar 9, 2008 by GEORGE WEBSTER
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Culture minister Margaret Hodge laid into the Proms last week as an example of a failure of diversity. At the Southbank Centre in London, home to music, art and theatre, we asked whether these pleasures were the exclusive preserve of the few
Angelos Adamidis, 29 Cabin Crew
If you go to the Royal Opera House and places like that, there is a sense of exclusivity. But there is art for all if you look deeper.
Eduardo Blanco, 37 Internet Entrepreneur
Absolutely not! I am Mexican, my girlfriend is Portuguese. It doesn't matter where you're from: beauty is universal.
Lara Corrochano, 35 Actress
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I don't think so. I see different faces in the audience every week, young and old. Art is open to anyone who wants to find it.
Dan Wileman, 23 Skateboarder
There's exclusive art for people who want exclusive art, mainstream art for people who want mainstream art. All the best stuff is free, anyway.
Janet Cloke, 54 Tour Manager
We have free access to some of the greatest galleries and museums in the world. Who can describe that as "exclusive"?
Sukant Chandan, 30
political Analyst
Contemporary art, in particular, is driven by money and speculation. We end up looking at investment rather than artistic trends.
Donald Lickley, 43 HR Manager
Predominantly, yes. The visual arts are engaged with the young and ethnically diverse, but theatres and opera houses are still full of toffs.
David Judge, 24 'Hollyoaks' Actor
I think it is better described as geographically exclusive. London saps up all the money and talent and locks it away in a high tower.
Ivan Okyere-Boakye, 40
NHS Manager
Yes, the best stuff is for the wealthy. You can go to the Tate again and again, but top exhibitions and concerts are prohibitively costly. Dominika Wosik, 29 Production Coordinator
Art, whether in music, painting or theatre, is enriched by the meeting of cultures, and this is what we're seeing all over Britain.
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