An artist whose image for a London light projection was rejected by sponsors, says corporations are increasingly getting a censorship role in art. “The patrons of contemporary art, the Medicis of today, are the corporations. They give the impression of supporting dissident views and freedom of expression, but if there is any danger that your sponsored work encourages even a modicum of critical debate, you’re out the door. The sponsors are in it to ratchet up ‘the buying mood’. Censorship of culture is something one does not speak of in the free market – it brings back images of Lady Chatterley and the Lord Chamberlain. But in the visual arts it is an increasing determinant of what people are allowed to see in public spaces.”