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Re: The value of public funded art
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Originally Posted by steeljack
Does that include the Bolshoi and Kirov ?  |
The Bolshoi, and the Kirov ballet were founded in 1776, and the 1740's, respectively.
They flourished very successfully under private sponsorship from patrons, for nearly two hundred years, before Uncle Joe Stalin came along with state funding, decimating most other art forms in the union.
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