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[–] ArchAengelus@lemmy.dbzer0.com 14 points 4 days ago

You can love the art and hate the artist. Which I do.

On the other hand: typically the value of painting-type art has to do with the story of the artist. So if the artist is a spoiled rich white boy, then his paintings of slums and poor people will likely not take off as a cultural phenomenon.