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So, do difficult times spur creativity or merely survival? It’s a question that’s been debated since time immemorial, often spot-lit when we find ourselves in the midst of challenging circumstances once more. During the first lockdown the question was posed again. How, people asked, will this time of disruption and loss affect what is being created and put out into the world? Will it lead to a visionary rethinking of systems and forms? Will it affect our art? Our culture? The clothes we wear? Like Shakespeare writing King Lear during one plague or Isaac Newton discovering calculus during...

Mark Grgurich When the world first went into lockdown last year, the creative world was quick to respond. Museums launched virtual exhibitions and cultural programmes that could be experienced at home sprang up everywhere from Argentina to Canada to South Africa. Theatres streamed performances. Musicians collaborated via TikTok. Painters held Instagram Live art classes. Fashion designers held virtual salon-like presentations. So, do difficult times spur creativity or merely survival? It’s a question that’s been debated since time immemorial, often spot-lit when we find ourselves in the mi...