Down with Kickstarter! Where art is concerned, the crowd is an idiot

The Royal Academy’s crowdfunding campaign to install an Ai Weiwei artwork seems a good idea, right? Wrong. Crowds simply do not appreciate artCrowdfunding is typical of our time, in that it is a universally acclaimed good thing that actually reveals many problems if you pause to think about it for a second or two. Related: Royal Academy turns to crowdfunding to bring Ai Weiwei's trees to London All the evidence of history tells us crowds are dangerous, irrational and colossally unwise Continue