Facing the darkness: The moral challenge of Goya’s “Saturn devouring his son” (1823)
Sep 06, 2023•53 min
Episode description
Spanish painter Francisco de Goya’s depiction of Saturn eating his son is a haunting portrait of lust and the fear of one’s own finitude. Christos Tsiolkas joins Waleed and Scott to look into that darkness, and discover what looks back.