For many centuries, art served primarily religious purposes, with paintings and sculptures acting as focal points for devotion or as educational tools about morality.

It is, I am told, a bloodbath out there. Five years on from the start of the pandemic, visitor numbers at Britain’s museums and galleries are still down. Increased costs only intensify the pressure.

The Andy Warhol Museum’s second floor rotating exhibition gallery is brimming with paintings, installations, video art, ...