Features tagged with artists

In another piece examining the difficulty of separating the art from the artist, Angel Aguilar takes us through the life of Phil Spector, from early days as a teen idol up to the notorious event which sees him behind bars today.

As a fan, what do you do when it transpires your heroes and creators of your favourite works are responsible for reprehensible acts? Can you look past violence and intolerance? How about racism, homophobia, murder? Here, Alan Shulman addresses these problems and ponders the question: is it possible to separate the art from the artist?