*He doesn't think well of the chances of the formerly world-class museums of Brexitstan. Maybe the problem here is not the culture but the retail culture industry. As soon as you've got any "heritage" you have to exit through the gift shop.
*It's a little odd that there is so little blatantly post-national "culture." When you run into contemporary cultural heavies, they're never rural folklorists all keen on the blood and the soil, they're always "the Danish-Icelandic artist, who is currently based in Berlin," like Olafur here.
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"Every finance minister should train by being a culture minister"
Eliasson is one of the world's most successful living artists. He has created installations across Europe including creating a giant waterfall at Palace of Versailles, and installing a rock filled landscape into Denmark's Louisiana Museum of Modern Art.
He has also worked on several architecture projects. As well as his new project in Denmark, he designed the Cirkelbroen bridge in Copenhagen and the facade of the facade of the Harpa concert hall in Reykjavík
Eliasson believes that artists should be more heavily involved in all areas of society and that culture should be given more importance in governments.
"I think generally I would like to see more artists being less marginalised and more drawn into the structure of our society," he said....
