From the BBC: France plans loans for art buyers.
The government says interest-free loans will be offered to "modest" buyers to purchase works and it is expanding incentives for companies to buy.
A survey out this week showed that, for the first time, France had dropped from 3rd to 4th place behind China in sales of art works.
"There is a real need to act," explained French Culture Minister Christine Albanel.
No, there isn't!
Under the scheme, members of the public will be granted interest-free loans worth up to 10,000 euros ($15,000, £8,000).
Yeah, this will really change the landscape. Really.
Lord knows, the EE is a fan of modern art, and lord knows, a little patronage never hurt anyone but are you freakin' telling me that these amounts change anything?
Anyone who is in a position to fork out real dough for art doesn't need a loan. Period.
This shouldn't come as a freakin' revelation, least of all to the Minister of Culture!
In any case, loans will not make the French art world "better", whatever such a term can possibly mean in the arts anyway. Either the buyers want the stuff, or they don't, and the loans for such miniscule amounts matter not a whit.
Boring. Next!
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