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EPISODE · Jul 18, 2026 · 32 MIN

Can we separate great art from bad artists

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Throughout history, art, and artists, have caused moral outrage.   For a long time we had the liberal notion that we could separate great art from bad artists, but we do seem to live in a time of heightened moralisation around works of art and their creators. Why is that?   Tanjil Rashid is joined by Daisy Dixon, who has written the book Depraved: The Story of Dangerous Art.

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