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  • Are we entering a new age of artistic censorship in Europe?

    Posted by Dr Tiffany Jenkins on January 29, 2018March 11, 2019

    There is an uncomfortable moment in Ganesh Versus the Third Reich when the actors pause. The play, ostensibly about the Hindu deity travelling to Germany to reclaim the swastika, an ancient Sanskrit symbol, from the Nazis, comes to a halt as they remove their costumes—an elephant head and a SS armband—turn to face the audience, and ask: “Do we have the right to perform this?” None of the actors are Hindu or Jewish. Many have physical and mental disabilities but act the roles of Hitler and Josef Mengele, who tried to exterminate those similarly handicapped. Later, an actor drops out of character again, to accuse the crowd: “You’ve come to see some freak porn.

    journalism
  • Christian Dior: Designer of Dreams

    Posted by Dr Tiffany Jenkins on August 11, 2017April 24, 2019

    Is it worth traveling 300 miles to another country at the height of summer to see an exhibition of old clothes? Yes, if it’s in Paris — and Christian Dior, the designer. Christian Dior: Designer …

    exhibition review
  • Debating the value of culture, Radio 4

    Posted by Dr Tiffany Jenkins on October 23, 2016December 13, 2016

    Radio 4 debate on the value of culture Melvyn Bragg, Sir Christopher Frayling, Dr Tiffany Jenkins, and Matt Ridley discuss the meaning and value of culture in the twenty-first century. In a programme recorded in …

    Broadcasting
  • Why we are digging up old bones, Front Row, Radio 4

    Posted by Dr Tiffany Jenkins on October 16, 2016March 4, 2017

    The remains of Cervantes have been discovered. Art history sleuth Silvani Vicenti thinks he has identified the remains of the woman we know as the Mona Lisa. The Archbishop of Canterbury has just conducted the funeral of …

    Human Remains
  • Start the Week, on Radio 4, on maths, big data and measurement.

    Posted by Dr Tiffany Jenkins on September 30, 2016December 13, 2016

    Start the Week, Radio 4. In this programme, Lisa Jardine discusses how complex maths has broken free of the laboratory and now influences every aspect of our lives.Tiffany Jenkins sounds a note of caution about …

    Broadcasting
  • Beauty and the Brain, Radio 4

    Posted by Dr Tiffany Jenkins on April 30, 2015December 13, 2016

    What makes an artwork beautiful? Radio 4 programme – Beauty and the Brain – Presented by Tiffany Jenkins. In this programme, I investigate what studying our brains can tell us about art. Can there ever …

    Broadcasting, Scotsman
  • Judgement At Last, Four Thought, Radio 4

    Posted by Dr Tiffany Jenkins on December 20, 2014February 21, 2015

    In this programme for Four Thought on Radio 4, I argue that we need more judgement about quality in art, culture and life. Judgement about quality is unfashionable in today’s art world, and this is …

    arts comment, Broadcasting
  • Can Culture Save Cities? BBC Culture

    Posted by Dr Tiffany Jenkins on December 3, 2014February 27, 2015

    The idea of reviving a city’s fortunes through investment in the arts and culture draws a lot of headlines. But does it actually work? Article on BBC Culture (outside UK only) Britain’s seaside towns are …

    BBC Culture
  • No more should be asked of public art than it beautify our shared space

    Posted by Dr Tiffany Jenkins on December 25, 2013January 19, 2014

    Article in The Scotsman We are all familiar with ugly public space, the shabby streets, parks and squares that we walk past every day, the kind that could do with some care and attention to …

    Scotsman
  • Jeremy Bentham on Contesting Human Remains in Museum Collections

    Posted by Dr Tiffany Jenkins on June 16, 2011June 16, 2011

    I am honoured that Jeremy Bentham has found the time to read and review my book Contesting Human Remains in Museum Collections. His comments are helpful and certainly highlight the key points. It is pleasing …

    contesting human remains in museum collections
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