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Can you separate the art from the artist? Should you? BBC says it isn’t easy to do, and the issue gets murkier when the artist is alive

The Appalachian says there’s no way to separate -- art is just too personal, and when you buy art, the artist gets money

WBUR agrees. For that reason, we shouldn’t consume art from problematic artists, even dead ones

But Reveille says we should always separate the art from the artist. Artworks are stand-alone pieces that can and should be enjoyed independently

Digital Spy says it’s a sliding scale: Watching a movie by a problematic artist isn’t as bad as buying a signed copy of their newest book