she had “found great fulfilment from my own exposure to visual arts and I am pleased to be able to support that journey for others”. I too have found great fulfilment from being exposed to the visual arts. Unfortunately, when I visit the Courtauld I will now also be exposed to the name of a woman whose company contributed towhich led me to mental-health crisis and the loss of tens of thousands of pounds.
Of course, there’s a moral dilemma here; the thorny question of when quid pro quo is actually worth it. Plenty of cultural, academic and sporting institutions rely on the patronage of wealthy individuals and corporations.
Beggars can’t be choosers. In refusing they place an additional unfair burden on taxpayers, 95% of whom have zero interest in their wanky exhibitions.
CDoH “Denise Coates (CBE) owns one of the most profitable gambling firms in the world, Bet365.” “In 2021, the year a Public Health England report cited 409 gambling-related suicides, Coates earned £421m.” .