Is It Right to Separate Art from Artist?

[allegro]

Beloved Renaissance artist Cararvaggio murdered a man by castrating him.

Whoa wait a second …

I have a minor in Art. Caravaggio is MY FAVORITE ARTIST. He was a Baroque artist.

It’s complicated.

https://www.biography.com/news/carav...minal-murderer

I'm not trying to totally rule this out. But specifically with Maddox's story, there isn't a whole lot of credibility there from what I've read. But with the amount of coke Bowie did back in the day and the way the culture was I also wouldn't be surprised if similar stories were true.

I was 13 back then and read the teen groupie mags. It was totally bizarre shit. I couldn’t believe these girls’ moms let them out like this. I still thought boys were gross, and these girls were having sex with rock stars.

https://www.thrillist.com/entertainm...to-david-bowie

https://www.worthpoint.com/worthoped...ine-1883026409

This was way before Bowie’s cocaine phase. He absolutely did fuck Lori Maddox. Bebe Buell confirmed it, as did Pamela Des Barres.

But, “it was a different time” is actually the truth. It was the 70s.