Saturday, 3 October 2026

The author criticises national culture becoming a backdrop for corporate interests

Share
A mesh LED panel with blue, red and green lights on a facade, seen from below, with white ventilation pipes and glass structures behind.

The façade of the Centre Pompidou has been entirely covered in LED strips, creating a vast canvas for Nike advertising.

It is dreadful when national culture becomes nothing more than a backing for corporate interests

Report a translation error