Artpress editor criticizes museum sponsorship and Centre Pompidou monument

In a December 2012 editorial for Artpress, editor Catherine Millet criticizes major museums for accepting funding from galleries and speculators during budget cuts, citing a monument on the Centre Pompidou plaza reminiscent of socialist realism. She contrasts this with former museum directors Pontus Hulten and Dominique Bozo, and President Georges Pompidou, whom she describes as men of taste. Millet also notes pressure on intellectuals to endorse such arrangements, though some resist. She juxtaposes images and questions whether a portion of profits from Adel Abdessemed's works goes to Mohamed Bouazizi's family.