[bubuga]

> Sure. You could say precisely the same about a politician who accepts money from a mafia or large corporation.

...except that is illegal and an absurd example, and the "artist" explicitly sought patrons to provide him money in exchange for his product.

If an "artist" opens a business and attracts clients then he needs to serve his clients with the business he advertised, even if you use strawman arguments to compare them to organized crime.