Diversity of Cultural Expressions

This new UNESCO-Khalili Foundation film "A Thousand Colours" aims to humanize the notion of cultural diversity. Why is cultural diversity important? What are some of the current challenges that undermine it? And what can we do to protect and promote cultural diversity? These are some of the questions addressed by the short film, which gathers testimonies from a number of key global actors including UNESCO Goodwill Ambassadors and advocates.

On 15 April 2020, World Art Day and beginning of Covid-19 pandemia, UNESCO launched its flagship initiative ResiliArt to raise the alarm on the artists, cultural professionals and the creative sector in crisis while celebrating the resilience of art in adversity.

ResiliArt consists of a series of online debates organized by State and non-State actors with the aim of examining the impact of different crises on the cultural and creative sectors and their main actors.

ResiliArt was thus developed as a movement for artists, by artists and UNESCO serves as a conduit between voices on the ground and global decision makers.