National Portrait Gallery display withdrawn after Churchill row
The video installation prompted a row over its claims about Churchill's role in the Bengal famine.
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"There is an incredible pressure on artists and arts institutions to bend to external pressure; to be benign at best and silent at worst."
— Helen Cammock , Activist
"Nina Simone once said 'An artist's duty, as far as I'm concerned, is to reflect the times' and sometimes this means revisiting, enquiry and challenge."
— Helen Cammock , Activist
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A Turner Prize-winning artist known for her video installations.
A Churchill biographer who has publicly defended Churchill's legacy.
The grandson of Winston Churchill and a signatory of the open letter to the gallery.
Winston Churchill was the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom during World War II.
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The video installation prompted a row over its claims about Churchill's role in the Bengal famine.
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