Protector Of The Arts Mugs

'The fence is to keep the public away - otherwise our pictures won't last five minutes.'

"I call it 'Bad Dog.'"

"Careful with that - the wife made it at pottery class."

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

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

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

'Anti-Graffito' worker about to erase hieroglyphics.

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

"No flash in the ancient mummy gallery."

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

Theatrical emotion of Mr. Vincent Crummles

Funding Cuts for the Arts

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

"... 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."

Michelangelo's David is cleaned every two months.

Please help: National Endowment for the Arts

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

Tilted painting

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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!'

"This one I feel like protecting, the others I don't."

'Supporting the arts'

Art Theft

A Low Budget Philharmonic Orchestra

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

Gentrification vs Manchester...

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."

"Guard coming."

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

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