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Can you separate art from the artist ?

That is to say, can you appreciate art for its own sake, even if its artist is revealed to be despicable personally, for example, someone who was an excellent musician, actor ot producer but committed sexual assault, cheated on partners, was openly anti-Semitic or racist ?

If some ills are more acceptable to you than others, where do you draw the line ?
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wackidywack · 26-30
I used to be able to properly do that. I am still able to appreciate art for art's sake fundamentally but now I try to actively detach myself from the art so I don't support the artist in any way. Listening to the music, going to the shows, watching the films are still ways of supporting them especially financially. Their finances are an avenue that allows them to continue to be terrible people