Dear Members of the PEN SA Board
30 May 2019
A year ago, after equivocating on the suppression at UCT of artwork "of the highest political and moral integrity" (Daniel Herwitz) by "artists of impeccable political standing" (Imraan Coovadia), PEN SA promised:
- [To] continue to monitor the processes concerning artworks at UCT closely,
- with special attention given to how UCT fulfills its own Task Team’s recommendations that it develops a curatorial policy as a means to make sure any so-called ‘contested’ artworks (whether previously on display, previously in storage, currently on display or currently in storage) may be displayed on their campuses, as well as kept safe.
- Should it come to pass that these recommendations and processes are not followed or sufficiently resolved, the Board will act further.