The Hidden Artist

Whilst the arts have become much better at articulating the case for the economic and social value of art, as well as its benefits for wellbeing, the space for talking about art itself and its intrinsic value seems to have shrunk.  How can we move beyond a zero-sum approach to these ideas?
 
Chair: Javaad Alipoor is a British-Iranian, Manchester-based and Bradford-built artist, writer and founding Artistic Director of The Javaad Alipoor Company.
 
Panellists:
 
Andrew Barnett OBE is Director of the UK Branch of the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation.
Nii Ayikwei Parkes is a writer, editor, socio-cultural commentator, broadcaster and recipient of Ghana’s national ACRAG award for poetry and literary advocacy.
Henna Zamurd-Butt is a London based researcher, inclusion practitioner and event producer.