Mary Beard's Forbidden Art (2022)
9.0 (2 votes)
1 Season
February 3, 2022
English
Documentary
Synopsis
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'.
Network
BBC Two
Episodes
E1
Vile Bodies
Feb 3, 2022
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.
E2
To See or Not to See?
Feb 10, 2022
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.
Cast
Details
Original Title
Mary Beard's Forbidden Art
Status
Returning Series
Seasons
1
Episodes
2