“Politics Should Not Be Responsible for Cultural Funding” – A Conversation with Julius Heinicke
Monday, March 30, 2026 - 22:16 CET
In a podcast on Deutschlandfunk Kultur, Julius Heinicke calls for greater trust in the arts and independent cultural funding.
Theme: Freedom of Art
Does politics exert too much influence on culture?
"The Basic Law states that art is free. Yet, following several disputes, mistrust of political interference is growing in the cultural world. 'We need more trust in culture,' says Julius Heinicke, a cultural studies scholar from Hildesheim."