Re:A list of the top recipients on Patreon shows an obsessio...
by coldtea on Monday September 02, 2019 @09:03AM
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>This article is textbook bourgeois virtue signalling - also known as "snobbery."
Or what once was known as "refinement". It's not like high/low culture is some kind of settled issue, and everybody agrees that it's "all the same"...
>The kind of art he supports already gets plenty of funding. No one seriously expects MOMA or the Met Opera to go bust any time soon.
Isn't that part of the author's point? In that the MOMA or Met Opera's funding are quite distinct from what the masses fund (and from what the masses consume). Not to mention that museums shouldn't be where the culture is consumed, that's where already established culture goes to die.
The kind of art he supports already gets plenty of funding. No one seriously expects MOMA or the Met Opera to go bust any time soon.
Patreon is a successful alternative for relatively small-scale public-supported art. Of course it reflects public tastes. That's what it's for.