Overview
- The weeklong display set for 1–7 December featuring the New Union Flag and other reimagined flags at Jubilee Library has been called off by Brighton and Hove City Council.
- Council leader Bella Sankey said some visitors might misinterpret national-flag imagery as the library's or council's own statement, noting the service's Library of Sanctuary status.
- Artist Dr Gil Mualem-Doron and organisers from Stand Up To Racism condemned the decision as censorship and said it was a flat cancellation without offers to adjust the show.
- Mualem-Doron said staff warned the work could be taken out of context and might even put visitors and their belongings at risk, which he argues is unfounded given trouble-free exhibitions elsewhere.
- The project has a long exhibition history at major UK venues and was previously shown at Jubilee Library in 2018, with related works later commissioned for bus stops across Brighton and Hove.