There’s a reason why extremist groups routinely target the art world: because it’s antithetical to their joyless ideology. Squelching freedom, provocation, discussion, and beauty is their goal. The idea of beauty itself offends them, because it implies that some things (and some people) are ugly.
https://humanevents.com/2024/02/06/jacqueline-toboroff-no-true-artist-should-be-a-leftist
