Sentences with phrase «authority philistinism»
Perhaps the Turner Prize could handle routine local authority philistinism, but the heavy - handed Magic Christian mockery of the KLF, the group of rock biz pranksters who doubled the prize money with an award for what they called the worst artist of the four on the shortlist, seemed to be too much for the Prize's fragile sense of purpose.
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Benign neglect is one thing, but wanton destruction, often as a result of local authority cost cutting, was cultural philistinism at its worst.