Art Repatriation Advocate Prints

"The Leonardos, the Raphaels, Titians, Veroneses, Giottos... Italy wants them back, all 427 of them."

"I call it 'Bad Dog.'"

"Biff's old money, Angelo is new money and Boris is funny money."

'Shouldn't we spend a little time on the ARTS?'

"What Genocide? What Armenians?"

"You're not a real fan. You're just dressed up like a slut for attention."

'Great to see the ol' museum is finally getting a face-lift.' An old building getting a medical face-lift

"I have always depended on the content of strangers."

Funding Cuts for the Arts

Rodin's Irish Judge

"Now on view: Old paintings by dead white men through whenever…"

"But. . . editorial cartoons can make readers think!"

Tilted painting

Please help: National Endowment for the Arts

This program is made possible by donations from Don and Mary Doughaberg, and from lowlifes like you who never get their names mentioned.

A man is looking at a sign saying Exhibition of art exhibition jargon.

John Ruskin

'This one is from my pre-arts grant period'

'I'm sorry, ladies and gentlemen, but in order for Act 3 to go on we'll need an additional $17,000!'

'Supporting the arts'

A Low Budget Philharmonic Orchestra

"How much energy did you use to create me? I wasn't awakened with nuclear power, was I?..."

"And now what will you do with your advanced arts degree now that we no longer have any culture?"

Useful vs. Wasteful Spending . . . Arts Programs and Missile Defense Programs.

"You paid 1000 words for this picture!?"

Landlord makes a song and dance about the rent at a theatre

"Viewers should be advised: the following debate on public funding for the arts contains violence and adult language."

"Now now Mrs Butterworth, you were warned that there were going to be cuts to the arts and crafts budget."

Under New Management. Actually, Betsy, we were hoping for a flag with a little more style.

'Scottish Arts Council? I'm looking for sponsorship to help me sit through a performance of Gotterdammerung.'

FREElance Artists

Lucia is further maddened by the early departure of a subscriber in a sports jacket.

'Well it was fine on the straight but when it hit the last curve the cartoonist lost his perspective!'

"The department has run out of money..."

'It says, 'Like many of the greats, he was a brilliant self-publicist.'