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> Extremely cynical and reductive look at one of the most meaningful things humans can do in their lifetime. War eats everything, don’t let it eat your soul.

But it is not really a cynical statement about art. It's a cynical statement about government policy towards the arts.

In the UK, Brexit has done a great deal of slow-motion damage to the prospects of British artists (and the opportunities for British audiences) and it is difficult not to see the government's intransigence towards work travel restrictions for artists as an arts policy rather than just an immigration policy.