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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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basilfawlty89 · 36-40, M
Depends really.
If the artist still collects wealth and I have their old material, I can still enjoy it, despite them being shitty people. But I wouldn't contribute money for their newer material to further enrich them.

Let's take JK Rowling for example.
I love Harry Potter (and yes I've read other books lol), but she is a rapid TERF/transponder. I wouldn't buy her newer books, but I can still appreciate that she is a good story teller. I just wouldn't buy her stuff any more. Hell her last book was so transphobic, I didn't bother reading it.