Preserve Artist Gifts

Cottage Industry

Nature versus commerce.

The Kitchen area of a Whitechapel Boarding House

'Now, think hard about it: Do you want to be known as the one who ate the last Dodo?'

Lockdown casserole

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

'I want to immortalise the area in a painting before it is changes for ever.' (Artist is scooped up by a digger.)

"I can't see a blinkin' thing."

Newspaper suicide.

"That newspaper has been showing up ever since you started reading the news online. I think it feels betrayed."

Curators at the Louvre Museum would regret approving the installation of a work on a wall behind the Mona Lisa.

'Mary, I believe in historic preservation, too, but ... '

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

"Our hobby is finding old, run-down Victorian houses and levelling them."

'Anti-Graffito' worker about to erase hieroglyphics.

'Poor thing. He got left out in the acid rain.'

Please help: National Endowment for the Arts

A sardine can combined with a cornucopia.

Michelangelo's David is cleaned every two months.

"... No, when I say, 'you must let go of the past' I mean you must return that vase to the museum you took it from."

Preserved

"Ever seen anything like it? No high rise condos to obstruct the view, no acres of parking lots, no traffic. What a waste."

"Now cover those leftovers with lots of cheese. What they don't know won't hurt them."

You were warned about mixed marriages!

A Low Budget Philharmonic Orchestra

"It's up to you to keep the dream alive."

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

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

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

'I can't take anymore, Gladys - I'm asking for a transfer to pottery !'

"Is there anything sadder than an underfunded wax museum?"

'It's mine and you can't have it.' Morris was finding it more difficult than most to adjust to the concept of a 'paperless' office.'

"Do you see this amazing comic book? Do you know this is the first appearance of Thor? Do you know how much this is worth? Do you know how much trouble you'll be in if you ever touch this?"

Curry for Breakfast.

Time Smoking a Picture.