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How To Change the World

Joanna Kavenna, Martin Kemp, Stephen Frears.

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From Goya to Guernica, art's power to carry political punch is clear. But can and should art be primarily engaged in political change? Is great art necessailry too complex to be reduced to propaganda?

Author of From Christ to Coke Martin Kemp, noveilst Joanna Kavenna, artist Bob and Roberta Smith and director Stephen Frears question art's power.

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