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The mortal nude

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Curator Justin Paton and artist Ben Quilty as they discuss the mortal nude in art. Historically the male nude has been a muscle man, a super man, a man of action, a victor in the battle of history. But we are not immortal, we are flesh and blood. Produced in conjunction with the exhibition 'Nude: art from the Tate collection'.