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So you don't recognize the names of people who make art? If you found a $1m Picasso in an attic somewhere, you would be against telling people it was a Picasso, even when trying to sell it, because you don't respect people who won't separate the art from the artist. You believe that the $1m Picasso would sell for just as much money if nobody knew it was a Picasso, and you wouldn't respect anyone who tried to sell it as a Picasso.

Critical thinking doesn't mean "people need to agree with me" it means you have to actually demonstrate that youve thought about or worked with a topic to such a degree, that your opinions are verifiable and stand up as factual, in many different ways. You have not done this.

Are you an artist in any way? If you made art would you want it separated from you? Like physically stolen from you after you made it, or had your name removed from it? When someone else buys it would you remove your name from the art and put the name of the person who bought it?

Name an artist whose art should be separated from their personal lives, and by just saying the name, you are breaking your own rule. Unless you mean that you should be allowed to appreciate art made by bad people, which like, fine. And if people don't like you because of the art you like, then you have to deal with that too.

Like if someone likes Hitler's paintings, but dislikes his more notorious actions, idk maybe its quirky. But sometimes people say they like Hitlers paintings, because they like the other stuff Hitler did, and thats not okay. If the first person defended Hitlers art to someone whose family was killed at Auschwitz, then they would have to deal with the social consequences of defending that particular opinion to that particular person. That's just life.

Being a critical thinker requires being critical of your own ideas and thoughts. So your statement really comes off like someone who just doesn't want to feel judged for liking something. In fact your comment seems to have very little to do with critical thinking or art, and more about not having respect for people who aren't willing to look past abuse.