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Arts First

Arts First

By: Academy of Ideas Arts and Society Forum
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 Arts First challenges the contemporary view of the arts as tools for social change; highlights how freedom of expression is compromised by political activism and institutional cowardice; explores what is unique and special about the arts; and celebrates new artistic achievement and courage in the face of today’s challenges. Arts First is produced by the Academy of Ideas Arts. and Society ForumCopyright 2024 All rights reserved. Art
Episodes
  • Episode 7 - Gathering of Strangers

    Episode 7 - Gathering of Strangers
    Oct 6 2024

    Wendy Earle is joined by architecture curator and writer Vicky Richardson, historian Kevin Yuill, art critic JJ Charlesworth and co-host Niall Crowley to discuss Tate Director Maria Balshaw's book on the state and future of museums 'The Gathering of Strangers'.
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    35 mins
  • Episode 6 - MOCO Marble Arch review

    Episode 6 - MOCO Marble Arch review
    Oct 1 2024

    Niall Crowley is joined by Art History graduate Agnes Friend and her mother, Vicky Richardson the curator and writer to review MOCO – the Museum of Modern and Contemporary Arts.

    MOCO is a new independent arts space that recently opened at Marble Arch in London, started by Dutch couple Kim and Lionel Logchies -Prin.
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    16 mins
  • Episode 5 - The Fifth Step by David Ireland

    Episode 5 - The Fifth Step by David Ireland
    Sep 16 2024

    In this episode of Arts First, Linda Murdoch, Megan and Daniel Brick review David Ireland’s controversial new play The Fifth Step at the Pavilion Theatre in Glasgow, with Jack Lowden and Sean Gilder.

    With Wendy Earle and Niall Crowley

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    20 mins
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