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Written Question
Arts: Prizes
Wednesday 8th May 2024

Asked by: Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi (Labour - Slough)

Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether she is taking steps to use (a) the Turner Prize and (b) other high-profile art competitions to enhance the (i) visibility and (ii) understanding of multicultural arts (A) in the UK and (B) internationally.

Answered by Julia Lopez - Minister of State (Department for Science, Innovation and Technology)

The United Kingdom's arts and culture sector is recognised globally as a world leader. It promotes the UK’s diversity and dynamism, fosters international engagement, and contributes to global cultural exchange and understanding. In 2024, our creative and cultural sectors helped the UK once again to rank second globally in the Brand Directory Soft Power Index.

The Turner Prize is, as the Tate website explains, awarded to ‘an artist working primarily in Britain or an artist born in Britain working globally.’ As its winners over the past forty years – including Sir Anish Kapoor (1991), Chris Ofili CBE (1998), Sir Steve McQueen (1999), Susan Philipsz OBE (2010), Lubaina Himid CBE (2017), Lawrence Abu Hamdan, Helen Cammock, Tai Shani and Oscar Murillo (2019), and Veronica Ryan OBE (2022) – show, it has always been an opportunity to reflect and champion the diverse array of artists living and working in the UK. Similarly, the list of artists nominated over the past four decades have helped to give national and international attention to the strength and diversity of art in Britain.

Select Committee
Creative Industries Policy and Evidence Centre
 FIL0111 - British Film and High-End Television

Written Evidence Nov. 14 2023

Inquiry: British Film and High-End Television
Inquiry Status: Closed
Committee: Culture, Media and Sport Committee (Department: Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport)

Found: FIL0111 - British Film and High-End Television Creative Industries Policy and Evidence Centre Written

Scottish Government Publication (Strategy/plan)
Culture and Major Events Directorate

Dec. 19 2023

Source Page: A Culture Strategy for Scotland: Action Plan
Document: A Culture Strategy for Scotland: Action Plan (PDF)

Found: that ensure skills development and board membership have diversity at their core, including helping

Lords Chamber
Media Bill
Committee stage part two - Wed 08 May 2024
Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport

Mentions:
1: Baroness Benjamin (LD - Life peer) negative content that may find a way through to our children.Here in the UK, we have one of the most creative - Speech Link
2: Baroness Fraser of Craigmaddie (Con - Life peer) I draw your Lordships’ attention to my interest in the register as a board member of Creative Scotland.My - Speech Link
3: Baroness Featherstone (LD - Life peer) It could also reduce diversity in the media landscape, particularly if alternative platforms prioritise - Speech Link
4: Lord Parkinson of Whitley Bay (Con - Life peer) The diversity of our world-leading television production sector is one of the main reasons that it is - Speech Link
5: Viscount Colville of Culross (XB - Excepted Hereditary) I am grateful to the noble Lords, Lord Bassam and Lord McNally, for talking about the diversity of the - Speech Link

Scottish Parliament Debate - Main Chamber
Scotland’s International Culture Strategy - Tue 16 Apr 2024

Mentions:
1: Robertson, Angus (SNP - Edinburgh Central) Although that makes the sector stronger internationally, it also supports the vibrancy and diversity - Speech Link
2: Gallacher, Meghan (Con - Central Scotland) Our creative industries are very important to us. - Speech Link
3: Cole-Hamilton, Alex (LD - Edinburgh Western) We want to have a thriving, world-leading creative sector, supported by a properly funded Creative Scotland - Speech Link
4: Adamson, Clare (SNP - Motherwell and Wishaw) more than 24,000 signatures, states:“Music is a central part of our cultural identity; it champions diversity - Speech Link
5: Thomson, Michelle (SNP - Falkirk East) It is normal and highly desirable to encourage and support diversity in music and the arts. - Speech Link

Select Committee
UK COALITION FOR CULTURAL DIVERSITY, UKCCD
 FIL0028 - British Film and High-End Television

Written Evidence Nov. 14 2023

Inquiry: British Film and High-End Television
Inquiry Status: Closed
Committee: Culture, Media and Sport Committee (Department: Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport)

Found: FIL0028 - British Film and High-End Television UK COALITION FOR CULTURAL DIVERSITY, UKCCD Written Evidence

Departmental Publication (News and Communications)
Cabinet Office

May. 23 2024

Source Page: GREAT8 Showcase - Cannes Film Festival
Document: GREAT8 Showcase - Cannes Film Festival (webpage)

Found: Queen and 1000 guests to a Franco-British GREAT festival in Bordeaux to celebrate the strength and diversity

Select Committee
Film Diversity Action Group
 FIL0031 - British Film and High-End Television

Written Evidence Nov. 14 2023

Inquiry: British Film and High-End Television
Inquiry Status: Closed
Committee: Culture, Media and Sport Committee (Department: Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport)

Found: FIL0031 - British Film and High-End Television Film Diversity Action Group Written Evidence

Select Committee
Correspondence from Minister for Media, Tourism and Creative Industries on Misogyny in music, dated 28 Feb 2024

Correspondence Mar. 06 2024

Committee: Women and Equalities Committee

Found: Correspondence from Minister for Media, Tourism and Creative Industries on Misogyny in music, dated 28

Deposited Papers

Feb. 21 2008

Source Page: Creative Britain: new talents for the new economy. 81 p.
Document: DEP2008-0521.pdf (PDF)

Found: Creative Britain: new talents for the new economy. 81 p.