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I wonder if some major historic artist had a big moment of reckoning now, as you said Picasso was a shit for example, (my GF has a fine art background and told me about his relationship with Dora Maar which I'd been unaware of prior to meeting her) would it have any impact on future valuations of their work. Probably not, I can't see it becoming socially awkward for the type of people who can afford to own a Picasso or work at that price point to own a Picasso.
Do you mean a historical (i.e. dead) artist who we now discover was a bit of a dick? Like Picasso? Seems to make little difference. Or a living contemporary artist who we discover is a dick? Like if we found out that Damien Hirst was some sort of Weinstein-style sexual abuser/exploiter? Would that affect the value of their work? Dunno ... interesting question. There must be examples of this in the contemporary art world but I'm not sure what they are.
There is one major American artist (of the mid 20th Century era I think) who, it is strongly alleged, killed his wife by pushing her off a balcony but I can't remember who it was right now.