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Article: Public art boosts our quality of life and the economy.(Features)
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- Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales)
- Article date:
- August 11, 2005
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The Assembly's artworks for its new building have received a barrage of criticism. But expenditure on public art in Wales should no longer be questioned argues Wiard Sterk, director of CBAT: The Arts and Regeneration Agency
THE recent furore on the money spent by the National Assembly on artworks for its new building in Cardiff Bay is both predictable and incredibly frustrating for anyone working to improve the perceptions of the contribution of public art to the built environment in Wales.
Across Europe and the United States I consistently come across positive attitudes ...