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william osborne on Enjoying the benefits of old money
Organizations can’t sell deeply discounted tickets and survive unless society as a whole believes it benefits from the public subsidy...
Posted Jan 02, 2015
Tim Donahue on Explainer: How do costs affect ticket prices?
Excellent essay, but it misses some things. Broadway has at least two significant "barriers to entry," a limited number of theaters...
Posted Dec 31, 2014
william osborne on Should nonprofit museums have free admission because they are tax exempt?
I agree with most of what you say. It's difficult to paint a complete picture when writing comments in...
Posted Dec 22, 2014
Kit Baker on Should nonprofit museums have free admission because they are tax exempt?
Hi William, always good to see you, you always provoke interesting and important questions that for an arts administrator who...
Posted Dec 22, 2014
Alex Nyerges on Should nonprofit museums have free admission because they are tax exempt?
Michael, At the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts we believe that art museums should be accesible on every possible level: intellectually,...
Posted Dec 22, 2014
william osborne on Should nonprofit museums have free admission because they are tax exempt?
The Met has to raise a $320 million budget each year. The hall is big, but it also...
Posted Dec 22, 2014
BobG on Should nonprofit museums have free admission because they are tax exempt?
William Osborne says: ""Big donors receive priority ticket offers before the tickets are sold to the public, so most of...
Posted Dec 21, 2014
william osborne on Should nonprofit museums have free admission because they are tax exempt?
This is all true for the most part, but perhaps there some assumptions that should be carefully examined. 1) It might...
Posted Dec 21, 2014
Michael Rushton on Should nonprofit museums have free admission because they are tax exempt?
There are different reasons for goods to be subsidized, sometimes entirely, through public sector funding - combinations of public good...
Posted Dec 21, 2014
william osborne on Should nonprofit museums have free admission because they are tax exempt?
We might also question how expensive the tickets for art should be. The average price of tickets at the...
Posted Dec 21, 2014