Swimming - Land Art - Sicily

Excess Baggage by BBC

Jan 14, 201227:48Society & Culture

John McCarthy discusses Art and Travel with leading art critic Andrew Graham-Dixon explaining his abiding passion for the raw art of Sicily which has been drawing him back to the island for over twenty years. He talks ab...

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