The impact of art on the well-being of citizens was particularly and widely recognised during the Covid-19 pandemic. “Beyond the simple quantifiable and quantifiable economic factor, culture remains a human need. On a societal scale, it is also a factor in the construction of citizenship, personal emancipation, collective identification and information. Figures do not allow to account for the intangible effects of the pandemic on a society deprived of cultural experiences.”[1] Convinced of the role of culture and the arts for society, the government thus reopened very quickly cultural institutions after the initial lockdown (with only a short period of closing in-between) and the ministry of Culture put in place specific support measures to relaunch culture and artistic creation in Luxembourg.
[1] Rapport d’activité 2021 (2022) Ministère de la Culture, p.33
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