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Martin Kemp
A leading expert on the work of Leonardo da Vinci and the art and science of sight, Oxford-based art historian Martin Kemp has curated for the V&A, Barbican and Hayward galleries. His new book is From Christ to Coke.
A leading expert on the work of Leonardo da Vinci and the art and science of sight, Oxford-based art historian Martin Kemp has curated for the V&A, Barbican and Hayward galleries. His new book is From Christ to Coke.
Martin Kemp Videos
The Naked Truth
How does the body in art relate to physical-being? Is nudity ever more than a sales tactic?
How To Change the World
Arts power to pack political clout is clear. But is this a reduction of great art?
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Brave New Horizon
Where will technology lead the human race?
The Immortal Now
Can philosophy teach us how to die?
Emperor's New Genes
Are genes not the blueprint for life we imagined?
The Beautiful Universe
Is beauty hardwired into our world?
The Mystery of Music
Explaining the transcendental
Banksy and the Media Barons
Julian Stallabrass charts the rise of a generation of media-savvy artists raking in millions.
Michelangelo vs Damien Hirst
Has contemporary art lost its way?
What happens to our bodies when we die?
Biologist Brooke Magnati reveals the secrets of decay
Duchamp's Deception
Julian Spalding | Was Duchamp a fraud?
The Evolution of Desire
Do genetics explain all of human nature?
Defeating Aging
Do you want to live forever?
Truth and Poetry
Andrew Motion | Where does poetry gets its power?
The Secrets of the Uncanny
What does our sense of the uncanny say about us?
The New Bodies
Transhumanism: Rise of the Cyborgs
Seizing the Means of Production
Brian Eno: What the Future Could Look Like
The Emperor's New Art
From where does art get its value?
Orgasmatron
What can MRI scans of brains in orgasm tell us?
Con Art
Should we redefine conceptual art?
After Darwin
Is the age of selfish gene theory over?
Are Doctors Bad For Us?
Medicine, trust, and power
The Illusion of Race
How do we move on from race?
On Ugliness
Why 'ugliness' is a virtue
Becoming Human
Can art change who you are?
Beauty Bites Back
Could beauty be real rather than subjective?
After Evolution
Is culture beyond genetics?
Doctors in the Age of Google
Is it time to rid ourselves of medical authority?
Music's Mystery
The secret to music's emotion
Life, Beauty and Being
Is beauty something we now buy?
The Evolution of Suicide
Nicholas Humphrey | Self-killing's genetic history
Doctors and the Danger Industry
Can big data improve the effectiveness of drugs?
Life On The Edge
How can we halt society's existential crises?
American Surreal
Artist Susan Hiller looks back on her career with Serpentine co-director Hans Ulrich Obrist.
Overcoming death
Does fearing death prevent us from fully living?
Broken Beauty
How can art combat the power of oil and money?
The Best is to Come
What is the future of art?
What is the Power of Art?
The work of art in the age of mass consumption
Dying for Dior
Is fashion an aesthetic art form?
Why We Are Who We Are
The epigenetic revolution
Planet of the Clones
Should we clone human beings?
The Uniqueness of Humanity
Is evolution progress?
Nicolas Roeg
The legendary director makes the case for cinema defined by risks, accidents and adventure.
On the Air with Annie Nightingale
Reflections on a life at music's cutting edge
Art and the Artful
Concept, craftsmanship and art
Genes, Cells, and Brains
Taking on the bioscience industry
A Paradigm of Health
What are the limits of western medicine?
The Good, the Bad and the Artist
Should we separate the artist from the art?
Is Beauty Back?
The future of art
The Naked Truth
How does the body in art relate to physical-being? Is nudity ever more than a sales tactic?
Cyborg Future
Microprocessors & nano-robots in the human body
Inside the Mind’s Eye