Art has been the language of the rich and powerful, and mighty for thousands of years - through the hands of known and unknown artists. The pyramids and tombs are painted with art all the churches and institutions in the Renaissance the Pope's palaces.
Even though pictorially art was freed from the agenda of the mighty, they still pay for it. And they write the agenda still. I don't think there is an artist on Earth who's free from the bullshits of politics, and the political agendas the powerful set. We still cater and beg on the carpets of the mighty and their institutions.
No matter what they still pay for it and we still beg on that carpet.