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What is artistic risk?
Author Will Self, critic and columnist Ellen E Jones and performer and writer Scottee define what they mean by risk in the context of art, discuss if we live in risk taking or safety seeking times, and set out what they鈥檙e looking for in contenders for the top ten riskiest artworks of the last 20 years.
Part of Front Row鈥檚 Risk season investigating personal, financial, reputational and physical risk in all the arts.
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