2024/04/17

Worth it? Kyle McDonald Contemplates Artist Integrity and Lost Opportunities

● 17/04/2024
“Can’t join that panel because it’s all men, can’t show at the place you’ve always wanted to show because they’re silent on the most pressing human rights issues, can’t take that life-changing NFT money because it’s burning down the forest.”
– American media artist Kyle McDonald, contemplating artist integrity, idealism, and how “caring actually diminishes opportunities.” Grappling with the widespread moral fluidity and opportunism in the arts, a defeated McDonald concludes “there are no rewards for having ‘better values.’”
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