Channel 4 buys painting by Hitler – and may let Jimmy Carr destroy it
by Jim Waterson Media editor from World news | The Guardian on (#64NXA)
Ian Katz says new show celebrates the channel's tradition of iconoclasm and irreverence'
Channel 4 has bought a painting by Adolf Hitler and will allow a studio audience to decide whether Jimmy Carr should destroy it.
As part of its latest season of programmes, the TV channel has bought artworks by a range of problematic" artists, including Pablo Picasso, as well as convicted paedophile Rolf Harris and sexual abuser Eric Gill.
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