According to Minister Roselyne Bachelot, the world of culture is “facing both an extremely hard pandemic and the big digital wind”.
Le Monde with AFP.
Attendance in the movie theaters and shows living at the beginning of the year 2022 shows a decrease of about 25% compared to the same period before the health crisis related to COVID-19, affirmed on radio J, the Minister of Culture, Roselyne Bachelot, Sunday, February 6th. This figure varies between 20 and 25% depending on the rooms, compared to the same era 2019, it is specified to the department.
The living show in particular attends a “bipolarization phenomenon”, according to M me Bachelot: “There are works that walk”, with filled rooms, and others where the public is not at the rendezvous.
The restrictions began to be lifted, such as the maximum gauge for the public sitting, fixed to 2,000 people, which ended on February 2nd and will be followed by the return of concerts standing on February 16th. “There are programming problems because the concerts standing, it is generally international tours. Standing concerts will have more trouble getting back to normal than classic concerts,” said the minister.
From her, the world of culture is “confronted with both a pandemic extremely hard and (…) at the large digital wind, the appearance of metapots”. “It’s extremely violent, this double anxiety,” she insisted.
“Help all those who need it”
The minister, however, said to expect a “beautiful festival season”, ensuring that she would continue to “help all who need it”. In total, nearly 14 billion euros have been mobilized for the world of culture in France since the beginning of the health crisis, according to new figures from the department. M me Bachelot felt that the artists were “tired, anxious, but [they] do not go out?” Of the crisis.
In addition, the minister said, during his interview, that the painting Rosiers under the trees of Gustav Klimt had been “recently rendered” to his rights holders. On January 25, the National Assembly had unanimously adopted a law to return 15 works of art, including the table of Klimt and one of Marc Chagall, the right of the right of Jewish families spoliated by the Nazis.