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Art isn’t a necessity and higher inequality squeezes artists and would be buyers. Growing the middle class would help art. Its shrinking has hurt art. At lea
by dd36 8y ago
Art isn’t a necessity and higher inequality squeezes artists and would be buyers. Growing the middle class would help art. Its shrinking has hurt art. At least that would be my hypothesis.
- fvdessen 8y agoThere's also much more competition in entertainment; Video-Games, TV Series, Manga & Anime, Youtube, etc. The market for Bande-Dessinée has shrunk immensely.
- adamsea 8y agoMmm I would say art is a necessity but it’s economics are weird - winner-take-all, etc. I say it is a me necessity because it is impossible (and perhaps a contradiction in terms) to imagine a human culture or society which had absolutely no art at all. No music, no visual art, no literature, no fashion, no film or theater, no sculpture, no “craft arts” (which are really just plain art) like architecture, pottery, interior design, graphic design, product design, etc ... Even propaganda and the fashion of military uniforms ultimately depend on art. It’s just not possible. And somehow if it was, who would want to live in it? Therefore art is a necessity :)