The West is Not ‘Civilisation’

Created
Tue, 19/09/2023 - 22:42
Updated
Tue, 19/09/2023 - 22:47

As soon as we enter, we’re confronted with a photograph of a beautiful old Austrian library decorated with wood panelling and frescos synonymous with the European Enlightenment. ‘An old library might be a strange place to begin an exhibition about civilisation in the 21st century’, the exhibit label accompanying the photo quips, ‘but we must […]