Mary Beard's Forbidden Art
Series 1
2022 · 2 episodes
1. Vile Bodies
2022-02-03
Mary Beard explores ways artists have shown 'forbidden' aspects of the human body – including scenes of sex, violence, death and even defecation - and interviews the artist Tracey Emin.
2. To See or Not to See?
2022-02-10
Mary Beard interrogates how art and artists challenge viewers to confront ideas and opinions which, for all sorts of reasons, we would rather not face up to.
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