Andrew Dewdney, David Dibosa and Victoria Walsh interview with art historian Leon Wainwright, as part of ‘Tate Encounters: Britishness and Visual Culture’, a three-year research project funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council through the Diasporas, Migration and Identities Programme, which commenced in April 2007. Collaborating institutions: Tate Britain, London South Bank University and the University of the Arts London, through Chelsea College.

This panel discussion, in collaboration with the Open University, explores Terry Smith’s book Contemporary Art: World Currents (Laurence King, 2011). It was part of a launch for the book given by Sandy Nairne, Director of the National Portrait Gallery. Speakers include: art historians Terry Smith, Anthony Downey and Leon Wainwright, and Tessa Jackson, OBE, Director of the Institute for International Visual Arts (inIVA, London).