Tom Wolfe

Governmental ' as referred to by Wolfe in his article , refers mostly to private corporations and not actually the US Government , though there is one example of a government office . With that in mind , I think there is nothing wrong with private corporations or the government alike in supporting art . But if support translates into financial burden for the employees of the private corporations or the tax payers of a particular city , then I do not approve of such support

This is where the real government and private corporations part ways . If private

corporations want to spend millions of dollars in purchasing art , so be it . As long as they do not charge their employees . The US government on the other hand should not place the burden tax payers if they plan to buy works of art , especially when these works of art can 't be understood by the citizens and sometimes , even find them offensive

High art is important in culture but is not a necessity . People could do without these so called high arts . Most of the time , it only confuses people and make them feel ignorant of the subject . Surely some of them are nice to look at , but if it is too complicated for the common citizen to be appreciated , we would be better off without them

I think Tome Wolfe was spot on when he called art as the new religion of the educated classes . He was right to call it that way because his observations...