In 1928, US Customs refused to recognise one of Constanin Brancusi 's sculptures as a (tax-exempt) work of art. John Mortimer tells the story of the resulting trial, which had to address the question: what is art? The court cast includes Ed Bishop , Jerry Harte. Stuart Milligan , Kerry Shale and Bob Sherman. Plus interviews with Matthew Gale of the Tate
Gallery, Brancusi's biographer Sidney Geist , artist Richard Wentworth. and Ann Temkin of the Philadelphia Museum of Art. Producer Margaret Renn