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Conflict of Interest

Feb 14, 2025

How do modern conflicts change the way artists respond to warfare?  In this bonus episode, Edmund Clark discusses his experiences of depicting life for those who are living in controlled environments. 

In this wide-ranging conversation with Rebecca Newell, Head of Art at Imperial War Museums, we touch on many of the...


Feb 7, 2025

How do we begin to understand how civilians felt in a time of war? We often look to diaries and poetry - but today we look to the surrealist artists that sought to make sense of the most extreme times imaginable.

Actor Sanjeev Bhaskar is taken on a specially curated tour of the Blavatnik Art, Film and Photography...


Jan 31, 2025

What did it take to capture 20th Century warfare on film - and how were they used in the war effort? Geoff Norcott joins curator James Taylor for a personalised tour of the artworks on display at the Imperial War Museum, London.

 

From reconnaissance missions by air to the cameramen risking their lives on the ground,...


Jan 24, 2025

Is there anything new in modern propaganda? Comedian Rachel Parris discovers how governments and protesters have always pulled on the public's emotional heartstrings across the 20th and 21st centuries.

From shock tactics to satire, art curator Sarah Holdaway guides Rachel on a personalised tour of the Blavatnik...


Jan 17, 2025

What did artists and photographers choose to show us of the horrors of the front line? And how did Governments seek to curb what its citizens could see?

Carl Miller (The Kill List) travels from the trenches of France to modern day Iraq, via the paintings and photography on display at the Blavtnik Art, Film and...