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emiliakristina's avatar

I think the art of today of which you speak is, or at least much of it, not art at all but propaganda confused with art. Hence, the emphasis on marketing of the artist, the message, the concept - not the work itself.

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Feral Finster's avatar

As I said, there's a buck to be made.

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TH Spring's avatar

Shakespeare wrote for money. It doesnтАЩt invalidate his work.

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Dom Aversano's avatar

True, but the past wasn't so pure either. Wagner was a master of self-promotion. Everything he did was calculated and deliberate.

https://www.cambridge.org/es/universitypress/subjects/music/opera/richard-wagner-self-promotion-and-making-brand?format=PB&isbn=9781107404397

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