Dame Vivien
It was inspiring to read about Dame Vivien Duffield’s 8.2 million pound gift to the arts and education. She has been hailed as one of the great philanthropists of our time. In the multitude of writing that came out with her bequest, there were some very interesting comments on the nature of philanthropy in the United Kingdom versus that in the United States. If people listened to what she said it would be like a great gu10 lighting up the art world. In New York City, a large part of the social life for the very rich, revolves around charity fund raisers. Attending these events are status symbols and can involve several thousand dollars per ticket for a charity gala. A major portion of the budget of important museums and cultural institutions is funded in this way. It is interesting to think about if you realize that a large number of arts organizations in the United Kingdom receive lottery funding. It is highly ironic that instead of the very rich paying large amounts of money each to attend an event, it is the very poor who would like to gamble on a brighter future that are funding a great proportion of the high culture in the United Kingdom. If you go to any deprived area you will see people regularly spending money on lottery tickets while in better off areas this is less likely to happen. The poor are paying for the rich to see the opera. Is that really fair?
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