Episode
Can we separate great art from bad artists
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- Jul 18, 2026
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- 1941
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Summary
Throughout history, art, and artists, have caused moral outrage. For a long time we had the liberal notion that we could separate great art from bad artists, but we do seem to live in a time of heightened moralisation around works of art and their creators. Why is that? Tanjil Rashid is joined by Daisy Dixon, who has written the book Depraved: The Story of Dangerous Art.