What do you think of when you hear the phrase “public art?" What is it? Who is it for? What is its purpose, anyway? In this episode we explore these questions, and more, through the lens of ancient Greco-Roman sculpture with archaeologist and educator Laura Aitken-Burt.

Spoiler alert: the place and influence of state-sanctioned art strikes us as one of those “universals” of human society, past and present.