Station:
BBC Two (GB)
Status:
Running
Start:
2022-02-03
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Art that challenges, questions and appals. Professor Mary Beard confronts controversial works tackling such unsettling subjects that they've been fought over, removed or 'forbidden'.
There is no Next Episode of Mary Beard's Forbidden Art planned.
S1E1 - Vile Bodies
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.
Air Date: 03 Feb 2022 15:00 (CDT)
S1E2 - To See or Not to See?
Mary Beard explores how art and artists challenge viewers to confront ideas and opinions which, for all sorts of reasons, we would rather not face up to.
Air Date: 10 Feb 2022 15:00 (CDT)