The philanthropy that supports America’s great cultural institutions is coming into existential conflict with the political climate in the artistic world. Bare-knuckle left-wing activists from groups like “Decolonize This Place” increasingly call the shots, and rich philanthropists, no matter their liberal bona fides, are being stigmatized and banished. In July Safariland Group owner Warren Kanders was run off the board of the Whitney Museum of American Art, where he was vice chairman. Safariland makes nonlethal equipment...

Source: Wall Street Journal October 24, 2019 23:26 UTC