Can the culture sector overcome the Covid-19 crisis?

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Faced with the closing of the rooms and the bans on assembly, the musicians innovate. Here, the legendary Olympia hall closed, in Paris on March 22, 2020. REUTERS / Benoit Tessier

By: Anne Cantener Follow

The Covid-19 epidemic brought an abrupt end to all cultural events. In France, the 2,000 cinemas, the 1,000 theaters, the 2,500 concert halls, the bookstores and the libraries are closed. They will remain so for several weeks, perhaps several months for some.

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The financial losses are enormous. And it is not at all sure that all cultural operators can recover from the shock. Today, the very existence of certain companies, of certain places is threatened. How to overcome the crisis? How can cultural actors begin to foresee the future when there is so much unknown about the conditions of deconfinement and the duration of the epidemic?

Our guests  :
- Julien Bouvet , president of the review Regards croisés sur l'Économie
- Stéphane Ricordel , co-director of the Parisian theater Le Montfort and co-director of the multidisciplinary festival Paris l'Été .

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