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Looking at Art: Fred Wiseman

Philip Dodd explores the way we look at art with documentary maker Fred Wiseman, curator Iwona Blazwick, artist John Keane, poet Kelly Grovier and neuroscientist Beau Lotto.

Philip Dodd explores the way we look at art with documentary maker Fred Wiseman, curator Iwona Blazwick, artist John Keane, poet Kelly Grovier and philosopher Professor Barry C. Smith.

Veteran filmmaker Fred Wiseman who has documented what it is like to work at London's National Gallery. National Gallery is screening in key cities across the UK.

Producer: Zahid Warley.

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45 minutes

John Keane

John Keane

Red Square, 2014, Oil on Canvas (c) John Keane, Courtesy of Flowers Gallery

John Keane: Speaking Power to Truth will be on display at , Cork Street from 20 May – 20 June 2015, with a survey of past works The Wisdom of Hindsight at the Kingsland Road gallery from 21 May, 2015

paintings are also currently on show at:

Reality: Modern & Contemporary British Painting at the Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts, 27 September - 1 March 2015
The Sensory War at Manchester Art Gallery, 11 October - 22 February 2015



Iwona Blazwick

Iwona Blazwick is director of the .
Adventures of the Black Square: Abstract Art and Society 1915 - 2015 is at the Whitechapel Gallery Jan 15th to April 6th

Kelly Grovier

is the author of 100 Works of Art That Will Define Our Age published by Thames and Hudson.

Credits

Role Contributor
Presenter Philip Dodd
Interviewed Guest Frederick Wiseman
Interviewed Guest Iwona Blazwick
Interviewed Guest John Keane
Interviewed Guest Kelly Grovier
Interviewed Guest Barry Smith
Producer Zahid Warley

Broadcast

  • Wed 14 Jan 2015 22:00

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