artwashing

English

Etymology

From art +‎ -wash +‎ -ing.

Noun

artwashing (uncountable)

  1. The use of art and artists in a positive way to distract from or legitimize negative actions by an individual, organization, country, or government, especially in reference to gentrification. [from 2010s]
    • 2019 May 18, Nicola Slawson, “Eurovision: Why Are People Boycotting It? Here's What You Need To Know”, in HuffPost‎[1], archived from the original on 9 May 2024:
      Hundreds of artists and tens of thousands of people across the world have endorsed the call for public broadcasters and artists to withdraw from the event in support of Palestinian rights and against Israel’s blatant artwashing and pinkwashing of apartheid.

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