A person's personal life does not immediately invalidate their work.
For example. Let's say the accusations about Leonardo Davinci's predilections for corpses were true... they aren't but let's say they were.
Would that devalue the Mona Lisa?
Humans are monsters, each and every one of us.
Occassionally we still make art despite that
@TheGibson But art (or anything we create) cannot be truly understood detached from its creator either
@elomatreb
I do not agree.
Art's value is in the perceptor's mind.
@TheGibson (IMO the concept of "value of art" is flawed anyway, but that's a different topic).
It doesn't have to be negative, which seems to be the dominant assumption. If you'd show someone a Pollock painting without them knowing the history of it all it won't appear any more valuable than someone knocking over a paint bucket
@elomatreb @TheGibson That is precisely the problem I have with the art buying market: *who* made the art is usually far more important than anything about the art itself.
