Mary Beard on Anna Maria Maiolino's 'Entre Si (Among Itself)’ from Hilomorfos (Hylomorphs) series (2016).

BRONZE AGE c. 3500 BC – AD 2017, Hauser & Wirth at Frieze London, 5 – 8 October 2017. Mary Beard is Professor of Classics at University of Cambridge.

Mary Beard on an Unknown Axe. Generously loaned from Great North Museum.

BRONZE AGE c. 3500 BC – AD 2017, Hauser & Wirth at Frieze London, 5 – 8 October 2017. Mary Beard is Professor of Classics at University of Cambridge.

Mary Beard on David Smith's sculpture 'Untitled' (1959).

BRONZE AGE c. 3500 BC – AD 2017, Hauser & Wirth at Frieze London, 5 – 8 October 2017. Mary Beard is Professor of Classics at University of Cambridge.

Mary Beard on an official peck measuring vessel belonging to Richard Hudson and Charles Wollaston, Gentleman Bailiffs for the Corporation of Ludlow (1793). Generously loaned from Shrewsbury Museum & Art Gallery.

BRONZE AGE c. 3500 BC – AD 2017, Hauser & Wirth at Frieze London, 5 – 8 October 2017. Mary Beard is Professor of Classics at University of Cambridge.

Mary Beard on Subodh Gupta's 'Food for Others' (2013).

BRONZE AGE c. 3500 BC – AD 2017, Hauser & Wirth at Frieze London, 5 – 8 October 2017. Mary Beard is Professor of Classics at University of Cambridge.

Mary Beard on an Irish Catholic Holy Water Situla (ca. 1780 / eBay item number: 122650743236).

BRONZE AGE c. 3500 BC – AD 2017, Hauser & Wirth at Frieze London, 5 – 8 October 2017. Mary Beard is Professor of Classics at University of Cambridge.

Mary Beard on Martin Creed's 'Work No. 1650' (2012).BRONZE AGE c. 3500 BC – AD 2017, Hauser & Wirth at Frieze London, 5 – 8 October 2017. Mary Beard is Professor of Classics at University of Cambridge.

Mary Beard on Medieval bronze and lappis bronze rings (eBay item number: 201991578252 and 201991576443). BRONZE AGE c. 3500 BC – AD 2017 , Hauser & Wirth at Frieze London , 5 – 8 October 2017. Mary Beard is Professor of Classics at University of Cambridge.

Mary Beard on Marcel Duchamp's ‘Bouche-Evier (Sink stopper)’ (conceived 1964 / cast 1981). BRONZE AGE c. 3500 BC – AD 2017 , Hauser & Wirth at Frieze London , 5 – 8 October 2017. Mary Beard is Professor of Classics at University of Cambridge.

Mary Beard on Bronze Age Sword / Dagger (eBay item number: 253018424060). BRONZE AGE c. 3500 BC – AD 2017 , Hauser & Wirth at Frieze London , 5 – 8 October 2017. Mary Beard is Professor of Classics at University of Cambridge.