Recent protests at the Met Opera and Carnegie Hall signal a new turn in the relationship between art and politics.
Protesters shouting down concertgoers; musicians silenced by hecklers; agitators taking the stages of our performances. All this represents a new turn in the relationship between arts and politics…. Current events have now claimed a front seat on the culture, and it’s time to stop them at the gate.
In today’s Wall Street journal, I look to the role of music in the Cold War and argue how culture is better as a bridge than a wedge for confronting political differences.