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14 October 2010

The NS Interview: Tracy Emin

"I don’t need a life model, I am my life model”

By Sophie Elmhirst

What are you trying to convey on the NS cover?
That art and culture are dead – it’s the state that Britain is in financially after 30 years of ill-considered government. The tragedy is that it’s the arts that have kept Britain afloat during this fucking drought. And it’s the arts that are the first things to get slashed.

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