Bengi Ünsal assumed the helm of the Institute of Contemporary Arts (ICA) in a squall of world events. Russia had just launched the full-scale invasion of Ukraine – which disrupted planned exhibitions – and post-pandemic operational costs were soaring. Week one, the organisation lost nearly a quarter of its Arts Council funding.
Since then, with the eruption of conflicts and changes in global leadership, the world has continued to become bitterly, and at times dangerously, divided. In that climate, censorship and self-censorship have often prevailed.
