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Comment on Tartan-ing up the arts by sir_graphus

12 August 2016

12:59 AM

12 August 2016

12:59 AM

Artists follow the money; they used to paint Vatican ceilings and portraits of the Medici. Now it’s govts providing the money, and they sing to that tune these days. It’s not surprising Scottish artists supported independence; their living depended on it.

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