Visit: The Henson Case - Art and Panic
Award-winning journalist and author David Marr will reveal the untold story behind the Bill Henson censorship scandal when he speaks at Sydney Ideas on Monday, 13 October, 2008.
In his lecture titled "The Henson Case: Art and Panic", Marr will discuss how the removal from a Sydney art gallery of a collection of photographer Bill Henson's images of children became one of the most contentious political events of the year.
David Marr is a former reporter on ABC-TV's Four Corners and a one-time presenter of ABC Radio National's Arts Today and ABC-TV's Media Watch. He currently writes for The Sydney Morning Herald. Marr will be introduced to the Sydney Ideas stage by Dr Catriona Moore, the Acting Director of the University of Sydney's Power Institute.
This Sydney Ideas lecture will be co-presented with Gleebooks.