An artist who staged a stunt at Manchester Art Gallery over the weekend to highlight how much people rely on the arts for freedom and humanity says we are 'running out of time'.
Belshah, who is based in Manchester, arrived at the Mosley Street gallery on Saturday morning (April 13) to leave three new paintings in the lobby before reading out a short statement on capitalism and walking out.
The artist said he wanted the move to raise awareness of the difficulty artists have when it comes to accessing institutions and how more people need to be aware that ‘our civilization is falling apart’ by capitalism.
