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Eileen Favorite speaks to students in her class called "Love The Art, Hate the Artist" at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago on April 12, 2018.
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Eileen Favorite speaks to students in her class called “Love The Art, Hate the Artist” at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago on April 12, 2018.

Love the art, hate the artist? A popular Chicago college class has been fighting this culture war for years

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Eileen Favorite speaks to students in her class called “Love The Art, Hate the Artist” at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago on April 12, 2018.
Student Ray Madrigal talks about the art work of artist Will Cotten in Eileen Favorite’s class “Love The Art, Hate the Artist” at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago on May 9, 2019. Madrigal said that she likes the art but hates the artist.
Shannon Jahrling, left, listens to Sarah Cork, right, as they debate about the life and work of Polish author Jerzy Kosinski during class called “Love The Art, Hate the Artist” taught by Eileen Favorite at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago on April 12, 2018. Jahrling and Cork took the “con” side as they debated classmate Elisa Escandon.
Instructor Eileen Favorite, right, listens to a student give her presentation on artist Gustave Courbet in the “Love The Art, Hate the Artist” class at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in 2019.
Student Sarah Miller gives a presentation of why she “hates” American author Charles Bukowski during the class “Love The Art, Hate the Artist” at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in 2018.
Shannon Jahrling, center, and Sarah Cork, right, listen to Elisa Escandon, left, as they debate about the works of Polish author Jerzy Kosinski during the class “Love The Art, Hate the Artist” taught by Eileen Favorite at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago on April 12, 2018. Jahrling and Cork took the “con” side as they debated classmate Escandon who took the “pro” side.
Eileen Favorite speaks during her class “Love The Art, Hate the Artist” at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago on May 9, 2019.
Eileen Favorite remotely teaches “Love the Art, Hate the Artist” class to SAIC students from her home in Chicago on April 8, 2021.
Student Barbie Kim talks about the art work of artist Gustave Courbet in Eileen Favorite’s class “Love The Art, Hate the Artist” at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago on May 9, 2019. Kim said that she likes the art but the artist is overrated.
Shannon Jahrling, left, listens to Sarah Cork, right, as they debate about the life and work of Polish author Jerzy Kosinski during class called “Love The Art, Hate the Artist” taught by Eileen Favorite at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago on April 12, 2018. Jahrling and Cork took the “con” side as they debated classmate Elisa Escandon.
Eileen Favorite, at her home in Chicago, teaches “Love the Art, Hate the Artist” class to SAIC, April 8, 2021. Favorite has been teaching this class for years and digs into the questions at the heart of cancel culture.

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