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July 20, 2021

s1e5 Redefining the Canon

s1e5 Redefining the Canon

How can the visual arts sector redefine what makes the cut?


In series 1 episode 5, co-hosts Ann Shafer and Ben Levy talk about the Western art-historical canon and recent, important efforts to redefine it, to break it apart, to destroy it. How can/should museums embrace multiple voices and points of view? What happens to museum collections?

Episode image: Ann Shafer and Ben Levy pose with Rembrandt's self-portrait on Museum Selfie Day. Photo by: Martha Oster-Beal.

Platemark is produced by Ann Shafer
Series one co-host: Ben Levy
Series two co-host: Tru Ludwig
Theme music:
Michael Diamond