Mary Beard's Forbidden Art — Season 1, Episode 1: Vile Bodies
Documentary • 30 min • 1 season, 2 episodes • ★ 9.0/10
Episode synopsis
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.
About Mary Beard's Forbidden Art
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'.