Imagine — Season 15, episode 6 watch online
Imagine, season 15 episode 6 «Art in Troubled Times: A New Deal for Art»: air date July 21, 2009. Episode overview, season trailer and the cast of Imagine.
The Great Depression and the Second World War changed what was expected of the arts; Alan Yentob asks if this recession could see the next transformation. Artist Chuck Close talks about the New Deal in America in the 30s, when the government paid artists to work, while actor Simon Callow tells how thrilled actors were to feel their work mattered. And dealer Kenny Schachter explains how, in a perverse way, he feels this recession is the best thing that has happened to the art world in ten years.
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Episodes — Season 15
- 1 Episode 1 «Yes We Can! The Lost Art Of Oratory» April 5, 2009
- 2 Episode 2 «Save the Last Dance for Me» June 23, 2009
- 3 Episode 3 «David Hockney: A Bigger Picture» June 30, 2009
- 4 Episode 4 «Rufus Wainwright, Prima Donna» July 7, 2009
- 5 Episode 5 «The Colourful Mr Eggleston» July 14, 2009
- 6 Episode 6 «Art in Troubled Times: A New Deal for Art» July 21, 2009
- 8 Episode 8 «Art in Troubled Times: Part II – The Home Front» July 28, 2009
- 10 Episode 10 «The Smoking Diaries Update» July 25, 2009