"I hear the word no a lot less now because people have a vested interest in me," he says. "We're still stuck in that really toxic place, and I think it's the world that we build around artists ... That is where the work has to be done."
Comedian Hannah Gadsby railed against Pablo Picasso in “Nanette.” So why are they curating an exhibition timed to the 50th anniversary of his death? Gadsby and author Claire Dederer explain what we should do with art from monstrous artists.
This episode was produced by Hady Mawajdeh, edited by Matt Collette, fact-checked by Laura Bullard, engineered by Michael Raphael, and hosted by Noel King.
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