The Frieze BBC Radio 3 Debate: Museums in the 21st Century

Directors of the Hermitage, the National Gallery of Art in Washington and the National Gallery, Singapore explain how they are dealing both with the challenge of Covid-19 and the greater accountability demanded by worldwide social justice movements. Anne McElvoy hosts a discussion organised in collaboration with Frieze Masters and Frieze London, talking to:

Mikhail Borisovich Piotrovsky, Director of the Hermitage Museum, St Petersburg.
Kaywin Feldman, Director of the National Gallery of Art, Washington DC.
Chong Siak Ching, CEO of the National Gallery of Singapore.

Producer: Torquil MacLeod.

You can find previous discussions recorded with Frieze on the Free Thinking website and available to download as BBC Arts & Ideas podcasts. And this episode is part of the #MuseumPassion series of programmes being broadcast by the BBC in early October 2020