Art and research are not that different when you think about it. They require highly dedicated, intensively focused individuals to dedicate their lives to the w

Art and research are not that different when you think about it. They require highly dedicated, intensively focused individuals to dedicate their lives to the work, but the benefits are diluted and distributed across all of society. So both basic research and art is funded largely by patronage, either by private owners or by the state. Some forms of research are funded by private industry, but those are specific cases.