“Earlier this month, members of the Belgian art community signed an open letter objecting to the exclusionary selection of artists for [the 2019 BelgianArtPrize] shortlist. … {Now those five artists] contend that the shift in public attention away from ‘artistic discourse or content’ and towards ‘white male privilege’ has undermined the prize and made it impossible for their work to be taken seriously. The withdrawal, they say, is a necessary step ‘in order that the question of art and merit can plausibly be rethought, restored and put back into the equation.'”