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Dutch Artists in the Age of Vermeer, Vikram Seth, The Last Panthers

Arts news with Samira Ahmed, including Dutch Artists in the Age of Vermeer at Buckingham Palace, Vikram Seth on his Collected Poems and The Last Panthers reviewed.

Masters of the Everyday: Dutch Artists in the Age of Vermeer at The Queen's Gallery at Buckingham Palace is a new exhibition of masterpieces from the Royal Collection. Curator Desmond Shawe-Taylor explains the background to the show which includes works by Jan Steen and Pieter de Hooch, and which features Johannes Vermeer's A Lady at the Virginal with a Gentleman, The Music Lesson (above).

Vikram Seth, author of the international bestselling novel A Suitable Boy, discusses his substantial new publication, Collected Poems.

Samantha Morton and John Hurt star in the new TV drama series The Last Panthers, based on a real-life network of diamond thieves across Europe. Crime novelist Denise Mina reviews.

Austrian composer Georg Friedrich Haas - famous for his complex microtonal scores - discusses his bold new work Morgen und Abend for the Royal Opera House, featuring Out of Africa Austrian actor Klaus Maria Brandauer.

Presenter Samira Ahmed
Producer Jerome Weatherald.

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  • Vikram Seth

    Duration: 08:46

  • The Last Panthers

    Duration: 04:39

  • Dutch Artists in the Age of Vermeer

    Duration: 07:46

  • Morgen und Abend

    Duration: 06:41

Vikram Seth

Vikram Seth

Collected Poems by is available in hard back and ebook now.


The Last Panthers

The Last Panthers

begins on Sky Atlantic tonight at 9pm.

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Dutch Artists in the Age of Vermeer

Dutch Artists in the Age of Vermeer

is at the The Queen's Gallery, Buckingham Palace, in London until 14 February 2016

Image: Hendrick Pot, Lady and Gentleman in an Interior, A Startling Introduction, c.1632. Royal Collection Trust / Β© Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II 2015.

Morgen und Abend

Morgen und Abend

is at The Royal Opera in London until 28 November 2015.

It will be broadcast on Radio 3 on 5 December 2015.Μύ

Image: Christoph Pohl as Johannes in rehearsal for Morgen und Abend

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Presenter Samira Ahmed
Interviewed Guest Desmond Shawe-Taylor
Interviewed Guest Vikram Seth
Interviewed Guest Denise Mina
Interviewed Guest Georg Haas
Producer Jerome Weatherald

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