Can you separate the Art from the Artist? [View all]
Listened to an interesting conversation about this on a programme we have on BBC radio 4 called the moral maze. Of course, this is much in the news this week because of the new documentary that includes what seem to be very substantive allegations of child sex abuse against Michael Jackson.
Does that mean we should stop listening to his music?
Kipling was a racist, does that mean we should stop reading his poetry?
Roald Dahl was a virulent anti-Semite, does that mean James and the Giant Peach should no longer be read?
Etc etc
You get the point? Can you still appreciate the art when you find out that the artist has huge feet of clay? Is it possible to separate the art from the artist or is it impossible to enjoy and appreciate their art once you know that part of them, or the whole of them has a huge YUCK factor?
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