In Europe, Where Art Is Life, Ax Falls on Public Financing At a demonstration against economic cuts in June 2011 in the Netherlands, a sign equated art with an investment in the future.Credit...Phil Nijhuis/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images European governments are cutting their support for culture, and American arts lovers are starting to feel the results. In Italy, the world-famous opera house
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