the perception of the art world is that it is sponsored by the wealthy, but that in fact, “throughout history it has been artists and artworkers, more than any other actors, who have subsidized art production.” It is the artists, still, who have made art valuable, and so often that is because they have done their work out of love, and in fact have done plenty of other work in order to be able to support their art. Sociologist Andrew Ross called this “sacrificial labor,” a way that one gives up certain facets of stability in order to pursue work that is seen as meaningful—more meaningful,
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