I notice that many artists are very idealistic. Is art inherently idealistic or is this phenomenon just another symptom of the idealism that is inherent to liberalism? It should be noted that the art industry largely depends on capitalist donors which means that capitalists have a large say in what type of art becomes successful, which then influences new artists as well.
But I still wonder if thought provoking art needs some level of idealism. Would love to read the thoughts of people who have more knowledge on the topic than me.
This post has some interesting replies I need to read again when I’m not eepy. But I wanted do point out that Socialism Realism is a thing and it’s pretty cool. And since you mentioned music in a comment, there are good artists that are not necessarily idealists and libs even if their work might have some idealism built in. Here in Brasil for example there are two big artists that are actually Marxists, Don L (I recommend his album Roteiro para Ainouz Vol 2, the clips on youtube are great too) and FBC (my first contact with his music was his most recent album, Assaltos e Batidas).