Why we should stop talking about the 'tortured genius'

Fashion Vanguards by AlphaOmega London

Jul 16, 202100:32:00Business

Our fifth instalment begins with falsifying the romanticised image of the ‘tortured genius’, a damaging stereotype where biased opinions of critical acclaim are slanted towards work derived from an artist’s personal stru...

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