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NATIONAL BESTSELLER • A NEW YORK TIMES MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK • A timely, passionate, provocative, blisteringly smart interrogation of how we make and experience art in the age of cancel culture, and of the link between genius and monstrosity. Can we love the work of controversial classic and contemporary artists but dislike the artist?

A lively, personal exploration of how one might think about the art of those who do bad things —Vanity Fair
 
“Monsters leaves us with Dederer’s passionate commitment to the artists whose work most matters to her, and a framework to address these questions about the artists who matter most to us. —The Washington Post

[Dederer] breaks new ground, making a complex cultural conversation feel brand new. —Ada Calhoun, author of Also a Poet
 

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Monsters

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      Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 25/04/2023
      ISBN13: 9780525655114, 978-0525655114
      ISBN10: 0525655115

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      NATIONAL BESTSELLER • A NEW YORK TIMES MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK • A timely, passionate, provocative, blisteringly smart interrogation of how we make and experience art in the age of cancel culture, and of the link between genius and monstrosity. Can we love the work of controversial classic and contemporary artists but dislike the artist?

      A lively, personal exploration of how one might think about the art of those who do bad things —Vanity Fair
       
      “Monsters leaves us with Dederer’s passionate commitment to the artists whose work most matters to her, and a framework to address these questions about the artists who matter most to us. —The Washington Post

      [Dederer] breaks new ground, making a complex cultural conversation feel brand new. —Ada Calhoun, author of Also a Poet
       

      From the author of the New York Times bes

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