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142 Stephen Poliakoff, News from Cannes Film Festival, Selina Thompson2019-05-21 19:06:00
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143 Dexter Fletcher on Rocket Man, Jessica Andrews, Artists as activists, Folio Prize winner2019-05-20 18:56:00
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144 Cannes, David Chipperfield on I.M. Pei, Denise Mina, Sean Edwards2019-05-17 19:14:00
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145 Stephen Graham, new Poet Laureate Simon Armitage, ENO's Dido2019-05-16 19:00:00
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146 Gentleman Jack, correcting the contemporary art canon, #BeMoreMartyn, Futbolka2019-05-15 19:23:00
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147 Fun Lovin' Crime Writers - band, AI: More than Human - exhibition, Medusa - ballet2019-05-14 19:02:00
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148 Keanu Reeves, Doris Day remembered, art as an aphrodisiac2019-05-13 19:07:00
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149 Edmund de Waal and other news from the Venice Biennale, Elizabeth Macneal2019-05-10 19:07:00
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150 Mark Haddon, Jimmie Durham controversy, Anglo-Saxon burial, Michelle Terry2019-05-09 18:56:00
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151 Guy Chambers, Nina Stibbe, Creativity and wellbeing2019-05-08 19:01:00
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152 Film director Amma Asante, Joe Boyd on Aretha Franklin, Ireland's Abbey Theatre2019-05-07 19:11:00
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153 Architect Sir David Adjaye in Venice2019-05-07 07:58:00
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154 Rokia Traoré, Bill Buford on Granta, artworks in political posters2019-05-03 19:02:00
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155 Small Island, Chernobyl, Poet Laureate, Obamas2019-05-02 18:59:00
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156 Leonardo da Vinci 500th Anniversary, Salvator Mundi2019-05-01 19:01:00
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Leonardo da Vinci 500th Anniversary, Salvator Mundi

Ben Lewis talks about his book The Last Leonardo, about the world's most expensive work of art, the painting Salvator Mundi. Authenticated as a Leonardo in 2011, he examines its journey from Leonardo’s workshop in Milan through to the present day and explains why he has doubts about its authenticity. Art critic Waldemar Januszczak and editor of The Art Newspaper Alison Cole assess Leonardo's extraordinary art and legacy, from the Mona Lisa to The Last Supper. One of the UK’s foremost vocal ensembles I Fagiolini talk about and perform live from their new album, Leonardo - Shaping the Invisible, in which they have matched Leonardo da Vinci's artworks with vocal masterworks, illuminating his images through the prism of music. Presenter: John Wilson Producer: Edwina Pitman…read more

157 John Singleton remembered, Afghanistan's music scene, Tolkien reviewed, the effect of music on the brain2019-04-30 18:58:00
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158 Les Murray remembered, Women's Prize For Fiction shortlist, Kubrick exhibition, Captain Corelli on stage2019-04-29 19:02:00
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159 The Avengers phenomenon, Linda Grant, Adapting Ibsen for today2019-04-26 19:06:00
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160 The Cranberries, The Art Fund Museum of the Year shortlist, Cultural Repatriation2019-04-25 18:53:00
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