imagine… · SEASON 15
Art in Troubled Times: A New Deal for Art
Episode 5 · 2009-07-21
- Documentary
- News
Episode overview
The Great Depression and the Second World War changed what was expected of the arts; Alan Yentob asks if this recession could see the next transformation. Artist Chuck Close talks about the New Deal in America in the 30s, when the government paid artists to work, while actor Simon Callow tells how thrilled actors were to feel their work mattered. And dealer Kenny Schachter explains how, in a perverse way, he feels this recession is the best thing that has happened to the art world in ten years.
50 minutes
Season 15 episodes
1. Save the Last Dance for Me2009-06-23
2. David Hockney - A Bigger Picture2009-06-30
3. Rufus Wainwright, Prima Donna2009-07-07
4. The Colourful Mr Eggleston2009-07-14
5. Art in Troubled Times: A New Deal for Art2009-07-21
6. Art In Troubled Times: Part II - The Home Front2009-07-28
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