In this episode of The Unwritten Aesthetic, a podcast about philosophy and creativity, we explore the question of whether we can separate the artist from their art and, if so, under what circumstances it is permissible to do so. We ask this question in a variety of contexts—philosophy, music, and visual art—and discuss how social media is making it more difficult to separate someone from their work.

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References and Resources:

There are countless articles documenting Picasso’s abusive character. Here’s one that also explores the question of whether it is worth “canceling” Picasso in light of this: https://www.vogue.co.uk/article/picasso-sexism

The following link provides a detailed timeline of Caravaggio’s crimes and the paintings he produced during that time: https://www.britannica.com/biography/Caravaggio/Continued-successes-and-the-murder-of-Tomassoni

Check out the painting “Bacchus” (1596) by Caravaggio here: https://www.caravaggio.org/bacchus.jsp

Check out “Judith Beheading Holofernes” (1611-1612) by Artemisia Gentileschi and learn about how her traumatic experience informed this painting here: https://artincontext.org/judith-slaying-holofernes-by-artemisia-gentileschi/

With artful Coherence,

Reese and Lauren