Episode 34: Censored Art Today with Gareth Harris
I think artists - we describe them as being the canaries in the coal mine - which I think is a very good way to say that they are at the forefront of the censorship and culture debates.”
-Gareth Harris
In the latest episode of Art Persists, we speak to journalist, writer, and Chief Contributing Editor of The Art Newspaper, Gareth Harris.
We chat about Gareth’s book, Censored Art Today, two years after its publication. We reflect on how censorship of the arts has changed and transformed since the book’s release - including the silencing of artists in the wake of Israel’s war on Gaza. We go on to discuss controversial statues and what to do with them, as well as the ongoing impact of social media on artists and the arts.
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About
Gareth Harris is Chief Contributing Editor of The Art Newspaper, and was previously Deputy Editor (2005-09). He has written numerous articles for the Financial Times on the visual arts and the art market, and has also written for The New York Times, The Times, Apollo Magazine and Frieze. His doctoral thesis from the University of London focuses on the artist Umberto Boccioni and the poet Blaise Cendrars.
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