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Radio 4,10 mins

What is artistic risk?

Front Row

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Author Will Self, critic and columnist Ellen E Jones and performer and writer Scottee define what they mean by risk in the context of art, discuss if we live in risk taking or safety seeking times, and set out what they’re looking for in contenders for the top ten riskiest artworks of the last 20 years. Part of Front Row’s Risk season investigating personal, financial, reputational and physical risk in all the arts.

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