How to solve a problem like Titian's Tarquin and Lucretia: rehanging paintings in the age of #MeToo

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Tiffany Jenkins goes to the Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge to talk to its director Luke Syson, art historian Jill Burke and Michael Savage (aka Grumpy Art Historian) about Titian’s Tarquin and Lucretia, and rehanging paintings in the age of #MeToo.   ► ART WORK DISCUSSED  John William Waterhouse’s Hylas and the Nymphs  Raphael’s Lucretia Sandro Botticelli's The Story of Lucretia  Titian’s Tarquin and Lucretia Titian's Rape of Europa  Nicholas Poussin  I Modi - The Sixteen Pleasures   ►  PARTICIPANTS Luke Syson Instagram: Luke Syson Jill Burke Twitter: @jill_burke Michael Savage Twitter: @GrumpyArt Fitzwilliam Museum Twitter: @FitzMuseum_UK   ► READ MORE  On the decision to temporarily remove John William Waterhouse’s Hylas and the Nymphs Jill Burke on The Power of Sexual Assault in Titian’s Tarquin and Lucretia Prof Mary Beard on Lucretia and the politics of sexual assault  ► MUSIC  Signature tune: Nick Vander Black Kopal - Galaxy II  A Himitsu, Track Name: "Reminisce" @ https://soundcloud.com/a-himitsu Original upload HERE -       Official "A Himitsu" YouTube Channel HERE  License for commercial use: Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported (CC BY 3.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...Music promoted by NCM https://goo.gl/fh3rEJ    ►  CREDITS  This episode of Behind the Scenes at the Museum was written and presented by Tiffany Jenkins, recorded by Nicky Barranger, and produced by Jac Phillimore.  Twitter: @BehindtheMuseum  Instagram: @BehindtheMuseum