Many Small Towns Lack New Public Art

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Many Small Towns Lack New Public Art
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Every fifth smaller town and rural municipality reports that no new art has been put up in a public place in the last five years, according to a survey by Swedish Radio's Culture News.

Haparanda is one of the municipalities. There, they have paused art purchases for a whole twelve years, according to cultural developer Pia Marttinen.

We don't have a clear budget for it and then you need a political will, she says.

Among major cities and urban municipalities, only every twentieth reports that no new artworks have been put up in the last five years.

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