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What does it mean?
True culture requires openness and rejects gatekeeping by self-appointed authorities.
In plain terms
Do not let anyone tell you what art you are allowed to enjoy.
What can you take from it?
Keep art open to everyone.

Where it applies

  • critiquing elitism
  • defending access to art
  • community building

Putting it to work

  • advocate for open galleries
  • challenge restrictive critics

Questions to consider

  • Who decides what is art?
  • How do you react to exclusion in creative spaces?

Another view

Some standards are necessary to maintain quality.

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