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Posted inOpinion

When We Confuse the Artist’s Muse with the Artist’s Model

by Emma Shapiro January 27, 2022January 27, 2022

Our culture seems obsessed with the artist/model relationship, portrayed in countless movies and narratives as a relationship that is lustful and scandalous.

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