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Originally Posted by katex
I have just voted and, of course, in favour of public funding for the arts... has already suffered under the cuts anyway. 
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As usual, Katex, you are all confused. No one here is arguing about reintroducing admission charges for public galleries and museums; after all, the last time that was tried the cost of administering the admission fees worked out greater than the revenue collected.
The issue is about public money being sometimes spent on commissioning what is hilariously called 'art' and the simple litmus test is would you as an individual fork out lots of money (if you had it) to have something hung over the fireplace next to the ducks. I have no doubt that if you had a couple of million to spare you would quite happily place a Pre-Raphaelite Millais or Rossetti up there but I doubt if you would stick Tracey Emmin's tent on the wall.
That same principle applies to those entrusted with the public purse and the decisions made in spending money on our behalf on art works. You can be an idiot and recognise rubbish so why can't these people who sign the cheque book?