*Billionaires rule the American art world. A radical response? Nationalize museums.*

State ownership of many museums seems to be pretty good in France, though I am sure there is something to criticize, something I as a non-artist would not know about. But the US does not have the same consensus about showing the nation's greatness through art, so I think the result would be to close the museums.

Why do many billionaires support museums and other cultural institutions? It might just be a way to present themselves as "philanthropists" to discourage criticism of their harmful business practices. For some, it is also a way of ensuring that those institutions don't become nuclei for criticism of their practices.