artwashing

== English == === Alternative forms === art-washing === Etymology === From art +‎ -wash +‎ -ing. === Noun === artwashing (uncountable) The use of art and artists in a positive way to distract from or legitimize negative actions by an individual, organization, country, or government, originally in reference to gentrification. [from 2010s] ==== Related terms ==== pinkwashing === Further reading === artwashing on Wikipedia.Wikipedia