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Incisive analysis, fearless debates and nightly surprises. Explore the serious, the strange and the profound with David Marr.
LNL Summer: How Australia bought Pollock's 'Blue Poles', plus when America went hair crazy
Late Night Live — Full program podcast
54 minutes 34 seconds
1 month ago
LNL Summer: How Australia bought Pollock's 'Blue Poles', plus when America went hair crazy
Political reporter Tom McIlroy tells the story of Jackson Pollock's Blue Poles - the vast paint-splattered canvas, controversially acquired by the Whitlam government for Australia's new National Gallery in 1975. Plus, historian Sarah Gold McBride on 19th Century America's fixation on head and facial hair - believed to connote class and character.
Late Night Live — Full program podcast
Incisive analysis, fearless debates and nightly surprises. Explore the serious, the strange and the profound with David Marr.
